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1、..TheCanterburytalesGeoffreyChaucerContributionsFatherofEnglishpoetrynChaucer,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeinhismasterpieceTheCanterburyTales.n
2、Chaucerdevelopscharacterizationtoahigherartisticlevel,i.e.characterswhoaremorallyandsociallytypicalbutexquisitelyindividualandrealisticindetail.nChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvarioustypestoEnglishpoetrytoreplacetheOldEnglishalliterativeverse.nChaucerusedforthefir
3、sttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameterwhichistobecalledlaterastheheroiccouplet.nChaucergreatlyincreasedtheprestigeofEnglishasaliterarylanguageandextendedtherangeofitspoeticvocabularyandmeters.HeisconsideredasagreatmasteroftheEnglishlanguage.Chaucer’scontributionstoEn
4、glishlanguageqChaucer’slanguage,nowcalledMiddleEnglish,isvividandexact.Hisverseissmooth.HeintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvarioustypes,especiallytherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameterwhichwaslatercalledthe“heroiccouplet”toEnglishpoetry.ThoughdrawinginfluencefromFrench,Italian
5、andLatinmodels,heisthefirstgreatpoetwhowroteintheEnglishlanguage.HisproductionofsomuchexcellentpoetrywasanimportantfactorinestablishingEnglishastheliterarylanguageofthecountry.ThespokenEnglishofthetimeconsistedofseveraldialects,andChaucerdidmuchinmakingthedialectofLondonthestan
6、dardforthemodernEnglishspeech.TheCanterburyTales介绍nTheCanterburyTalesisabookofstories.Thisisanimportantbook,becauseitisoneofthefirsttobewrittenintheEnglishlanguage.ThebookisaboutagroupoftravelerswhoaregoingfromLondontoCanterbury.Astheytravelalong,eachpersontellsatale(astory).Th
7、isiswhythebookiscalledTheCanterburyTales.nTheCanterburyTales,beguninabout1386,consistsofstoriestoldbysomeofthethirtypilgrimswhosetofffromtheTabardInninSouthwark,London,tovisittheshrineofSt.ThomasaBecket,theArchbishopofCanterburymurderedinhisowncathedralin1170.Theaimwastotellfou
8、rstorieseach:twoontheway,twoonthewayback.Thetellerofth
