乔叟的介绍课件GeoffreyChauce.ppt

GeoffreyChaucer(1343-1400)1精选pptHistoricalEvents TheCrusaders BlackDeath historicalbackgroundofmidengland.ppt2精选pptQuiz1. Geoffrey Chaucers best-known work is_, of which the general prologue is considered the best part and most of which are written in _（英雄双韵体），a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter.2. In which season does the poem take place? How do you know?3. Where do the people(the palmers) start for ?How many of them does the narrator happen to meet?4. Who is the first person that the narrator begins his introduction?5. Why does the narrator think of this man as “a most distinguished man”?3精选pptGeoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) Known as the father of English Poetry. First to write in the vernacular, the language of the people, which is now known as Middle English. Had not been fashionable to write in the everyday language, Most literature, science, diplomacy, and religion were written in Latin or French.4精选pptHistoricalBackgroundTheHundredYearsWarbetweenEnglandandFrance.Thepeasantuprisingof1381.5精选pptGeoffreyChaucer Hisyearofbirthisdisputed,buthewasprobablybornin1343or1344 Hecamefromafamilyofprosperouswine-merchantswhohadrisingfortunesandsomestandingatcourt Hisgrandfatherandfatherhadstartedthefamilyinacareerofpublicservice6精选pptGeoffreyChaucer ChaucersgrandfatherhadbeencollectorofcustomsonwinesfromAquitaine HisfatherhadattendedEdwardIIIinFlandersin1338,andin1348wasappointedtocollectthecustom(tax)onclothsincertainports7精选pptGeoffreyChaucer ChaucerbeganhispublicserviceinthehouseofElizabeth,CountessofUlster,wifeofPrinceLionel,secondsonofEdwardIII Duringhislife,heheldanumberofpublicpositionsandevenservedas“knightoftheshire”forKent(i.e.,wastherepresentativeinParliament)8精选pptGeoffreyChaucer ChaucerservedintheEnglisharmyandwastakenprisonerinFrancein1359. HereturnedtoEnglandin1360 Chaucermarriedwell.HemarriedPhilippa,daughterofSirPaonRoetofHainaultin1366 ChaucerswifePhilippawasthesistertoJohnofGauntsthirdwife9精选pptGeoffreyChaucer JohnofGauntwasChaucerswifesbrother-in-law,andthefourthandlongest-livedsonofEdwardIII,aswellasthefatherofHenryIVandChaucerspatron JohnofGaunt(thedukeofLancaster)diedin1399,theyearbeforeChaucerdied10精选pptGeoffreyChaucer PartlyduetoJohnofGauntspatronage,Chaucertraveledabroadonnumerousdiplomaticmissions In1374ChaucerwasappointedcontrollerofcustomsintheportofLondonandleasedhishouseoverAldgate11精选pptGeoffreyChaucer ChaucerdiedonOct25,1400andwasburiedinthePoetsCornerofWestminsterAbbey,whereamonumentwaserectedtohimin1555 Apparentlysensingthathehadpeaked,Chaucerstoppedwritingathisdeath.12精选pptBorn in 1343, not long after 100 Years war beganMiddle class family (father merchant)Education read a lot; became a page to a wealthy family to learn manners and customs.Had several noble patrons, including John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III.Also served as government official to Edward III, Richard II, and Henry IV.Captured in France during war and ransom was paid by the king.Chaucer died on October 25, 1400.Buried in Westminster Abbey, the first English writer to be buried in the area now called Poets corner.13精选pptGeoffreyChaucerHisWriting Chaucerwentthroughthreeperiodswithhiswriting,largelydependantonthestyleshewasimitatingandthewritershewasreading Hedemonstratedthroughouthiscareerthathewasaverywell-readman Hesteadilydevelopedhisartisticskillandintellectualstature14精选pptGeoffreyChaucerHisWriting ChaucerswritingsindicateafamiliaritywithVirgil,Ovid,Boethius,Petrarch,Dante,andBocaccio The“Frenchperiod,”(1355-1370)culminatedinThe Book of the Duchessinc.1370,whichwasanelegyonthedeathofBlanche,firstwifeofJohnofGaunt15精选pptGeoffreyChaucerHisWriting Chaucers“Italianperiod”(1370-1385)includesThe House of Fame, afragmentarysatire,inthe1370s,andthemature,Italian-influencedlovestoryTroilus and Criseyde, c.1385,aswellasatranslationoftheConsolation of PhilosophybyBoethius Hisfinalperiod,consideredhis“Englishperiod”(1385-1400)includesmostofThe Canterbury Talesandhisshortlyrics16精选pptGeoffreyChaucerHisWriting ThroughouthiscareerChaucerwroteshortpiecescourtlylyrics,agroupofballadsdealingwithBoethianthemes,somepersonalpiecesofastonishingquality,andmanytranslationsoradaptations17精选pptLiteratureLiterature1stpoem,The Book of the Duchess,aboutJohnofGauntswifewhohaddiedoftheplague.1387beganThe Canterbury Talesnevercompletedit.ConsideredoneofthegreatestworksoftheEnglishLanguage.LeftagreatpictureoflifeduringtheMiddleAges.Favoriterhymeschemeisthecouplet.18精选pptThe Canterbury Tales19精选pptTheCanterburyTales Probablydesignedabout1387,extendsto17,000linesinproseandverseofvariousmeters(althoughtherhymingcoupletisthepredominantform) Someofthestoriesmayhavebeenwrittenearlierandthenincorporatedintothecollection Talesarefromvarioussources.Chaucerwasgiftedatadaptingmaterialnothisowntooriginaluses20精选pptThe General Prologue21精选pptTheCanterburyTales TheGeneralProloguedescribesthemeetingofthe29pilgrimsintheTabardInninSouthwark(thereareactually31ofthem) Charactersrepresentacrosssectionofcontemporarymiddle-classEnglishsociety Hemayhavehadrealpeopl。