geoffrey chaucer biography
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Geoffrey Chaucer Biography. (1343-1400 ). KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY. Chaucer Biography. Lived at the _______________ Father was: ______________ ____________________ Family was upper-middle class; therefore, Chaucer was ____________________ ____________________ - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Geoffrey Chaucer Biography
(1343-1400)
KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY
Chaucer Biography
Lived at the _______________
Father was: ______________ ____________________
Family was upper-middle class; therefore, Chaucer was ____________________ ____________________ _________________________________
end of the Middle Ages.
An English poet.
A wealthy wine merchant.
Educated in reading classics.
Legal training.
Taught religion (remained religious all of his life.)
Chaucer Biography
Well educated. Versed in 3 languages: ____________________ ____________ ___________________
Wrote and spoke in the _______ , colloquial Middle English.
Best known for ______________
Latin church + education
French court
English common people.
vernacular
The Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer continued
Before Chaucer ______ was not fashionable.
_____ was considered the language of learning: _________ _________ _________ _________
English
Latin
Science
Religion
Diplomacy
Literature
Chaucer continued
People accepted ______as written language mostly because of who Chaucer was. A high government official under _____ kings. Born in ______of wealthy parents. Became a____ for an eminent family. Noble ________as career advanced. King becomes his noble _____. Captured and ransomed in the ______________
English
three
London
page
patronage
patron
Hundred Years War.
Chaucer continued
__________to European courts by 1370. Appointed ______________ in 1385. Member of ________. Died in ______.
The 1st poet buried in the __________________________.
Ambassador
Justice of the Peace
Parliament
1400
Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey
Chaucer continued
For Chaucer _____ came 1st. First ______published in 1369. Two important ____________in 1386. Travels in _____from 1372 to 1378.
Was influenced by: ________ _________ ________________[bokˈkattʃo])
_____________
WORK
poems
epic allegories
Italy
Petrarch
DanteGiovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron
Chaucer continued
The Decameron vs. The Canterbury Tales Both use a ________________
an _________________within which_______ or more of the characters proceed __________________.
In The Decameron ___________ are fleeing from the plague.
The Canterbury Tales The journey is __________________
Both based on similar_____.
FRAME STORY
introductory narrative one to tell a story
Nobles
a pilgrimage.
plots
“The Canterbury Tales”
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