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1、I.Historicalbackground1.TheHundredYears’WarbetweenEnglandandFrance(1337---1453)cause:fortheFrenchthroneresult:awakeningofnationalconsciousnessinEnglandFrenchlanguagegraduallyreplacedbythenativetongue2.thepeasantuprisingof1381cause:theexploitationandoppression

2、ofthepeasantsbythefeudallordsleader:spiritualleader:JohnBall9/14/20211Chaucer/rhythm&meterLiteraryworksJohnWycliff(1324?–1384):fatherofEnglishproseFirstfiguretodemandedtoreformthechurchtodoawaywiththecorruptionandrottennessTranslatedtheBibleintostandardEnglis

3、hAgreatcontributiontoEnglishliteratureandEnglishlanguageFixanationalstandardforEnglishinsteadofdialectsWilliamLangland(1330?–1400)Works:TheVisionofPiersPlowmanForm:allegory--isastoryordescriptioninwhichthecharactersandeventssymbolizesomedeeperunderlyingmeanin

4、g,andservetospreadmoralteaching.Doublemeaning:Abstractqualitiesorideasarepersonifiedascharactersinthestory9/14/20212Chaucer/rhythm&meterMedievalLiterature(continued)—Chaucer(1340?—1400)Chaucer:somebasicfactsChaucer’smasterpiece:TheCanterburyTalesOverview;Stru

5、cture;Textualstudy:theopeninglinesoftheGeneralProloguetheimageoftheNunScansion韵律分析9/14/20213Chaucer/rhythm&meterChaucer:somebasicfactsFullname:GeoffreyChaucerBirth&death:1340?—1400Career:Awiderangeofcareerascourtier,soldier,diplomat,andcivilservantPlaceinBrit

6、ishliterature:“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEnglandForerunnerofhumanismThefirstrealisticwriterMasteroftheEnglishlanguageThefirsttobeburiedinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbbey9/14/20214Chaucer/rhythm&meterLiteraryCareer1.Thefirstperi

7、od(the1360s-about1372)HewasinfluencedbytheFrenchpoetryoftheMiddleAgesandhetranslatedworksfromFrench.RomanceoftheRose/TheBookoftheDuchess2.Thesecondperiod(1372-1386)HewasinfluencedbythegreatliteraryfiguresofearlyRenaissanceinItaly,suchasDante.TroilusandCryseyd

8、ethelongestcoupletpoemTheParliamentofFowlsTheHouseofFame3.Thethirdperiod(1386-1400)HeproducedhisworkfullmaturityfreefromanydominantforeigninfluenceTheCanterburyTales9/14/20215Chaucer/rhyt