the canterbury tales by geoffrey chaucer (1340-1400) middle english major literary work
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The Canterbury TalesBy
Geoffrey Chaucer(1340-1400)
Middle English Major Literary Work
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The Canterbury Tales
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Symbols
Springtime
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Symbols
Clothing
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Symbols
Physiognomy
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The Tale
The Narrator
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The Tale
The General Prologue
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The Tale
The Knight
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The Tale
The Wife of Bath
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The Tale
The Squire
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The Tale
The Pardoner
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The Tale
The Prioress
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ThemesThe Pervasiveness of Courtly Love
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ThemesThe Importance of Company
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ThemesThe Corruption of the Church
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TechniqueRomantic Adventure: Like the
knight’s and the squire’s taleFabliaux: a short metrical
tale, usually humorous.Saint’s Biographies
Animal Fables: short tales to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters.
Religious Allegories: representations of abstract or spiritual meanings through concrete or material forms.
Sermon
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TonePious and moralistic tales(earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations)
Indecent and vulgar sexual farces(ridiculous situations in which everything goes wrong)
Fabliaux: A younger wife has an affair with a man with a flexible social status (The Miller’s Tale)
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Norman Wife
King Ethelred(1002)
Before The Norman Conquest
Edward
1066
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William
The Norman Conquest
Edward Godwin
Harold
1066
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Political aspects in ME period Feudalism = unfair & out of date laws and customs
Lords, Vassals, Fiefs
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William the Conqueror (King)
Lord John (King’s vassal)
Knights (Lord’s vassals)
20 manors as fief
One manor
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Political aspects in ME period The Hundred Years War
England VS. FranceEdward III
1337
1453
116 years
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Political aspects in ME period
• Edwardian war
• Carolinian war
• Lancastrian war
The Hundred Years War
• Joan of Arc (1429)
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Political aspects in ME period The Black Death
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Political aspects in ME period The Peasant Revolt
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Political aspects in ME period The Crusades
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Political aspects in ME period Magna Carta
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Political aspects in ME period Restoration and Reformation
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Political aspects in ME period Restoration and Reformation
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The Main Influences in the ME Period
FrenchFirst Stage (before 1250):• Only 900 words
• French Nobility: baron, noble, servant
• Literature: story, rhyme
• The church
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The Main Influences in the ME Period
FrenchSecond Stage (after 1250):• Upper Class started to use English
• Government: crown, empire, traitor, treason
• Rank: prince, princess
• Feudal System: vassal, manor
• Church: religion, sermon, baptism• Rank: clerk, friar, hermit
• Courts: crime, sue, accuse, innocent, just
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The Main Influences in the ME Period
FrenchSecond Stage (after 1250):• Army: army, enemy, battle, combat
• Social Life: attire, cape, gown,• Colors: scarlet, blue, brown• Stones: pearl, sapphire, diamonds• English table: dinner, supper, salmon sugar, biscuit
• Domestic Life: chair, couch • Art: tragedy, romance, poet
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The Main Influences in the ME Period
Old English• expanding vocabulary by using prefixes and suffixes
• prefix for-: forhang, forcover, forbar • forget, forswear
• prefix with-: withdraw
• suffix –red: hatred, kindred
• suffix –dom: kingdom and freedom.