set 3 f - cantales key facts
DESCRIPTION
A presentation showing the most important imformation about the production and publication of The Canterbury TalesTRANSCRIPT
Key Facts
Set III: MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE
English Literature I
ELT - IES Belén
FULL TITLE
• The Canterbury Tales
AUTHOR
• Geoffrey Chaucer
TYPE OF WORK
• Narrative Poetry– Narrative collection
of poems; character portraits; parody; estates satire; romance; fabliau
• There are two tales in prose: – the Tale of Melibee – the Parson’s Tale
TIME & PLACE OF WRITINGTIME
• Around 1386–1395
PLACE
• England
PUBLICATION
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION
• Sometime in the early fifteenth century
PUBLISHER
• Originally circulated in hand-copied manuscripts
• The first printing by Caxton in 1478, with a second corrected edition following in 1484
STRUCTURE
Intro
• The General Prologue
Body
• Twenty-four Tales
Closure
• Retraction
THE GENERAL PROLOGUELines Summary
1-18 Description of time and place
19-34In Southwark, the Narrator meets a group of pilgrims at the
Tabard
35-42The Narrator establishes the purpose and the information he will
state about each pilgrim
43-78 Description of the Knight
79-100 Description of the Squire
101-117: Description of The Yeoman
THE GENERAL PROLOGUELines Summary
118-162 Description of The Prioress
163-164 Introduction of The Second Nun and Three Priests
165-207 Description of The Monk
208-271 Description of The Friar
272-286 Description of The Merchant
287-310 Description of The Clerk
THE GENERAL PROLOGUELines Summary
311-332 Description of The Sergeant of the Law
333-362 Description of The Franklin
363-380Introduction of The Haberdasher, Carpenter, Arras-maker, Dyer
and Weaver
381-389 Description of The Cook
390-412 Description of The Shipman
413-446 Description of The Physician
THE GENERAL PROLOGUELines Summary
447-478 Description of The Wife of Bath
479-530 Description of The Parson
531-543 Description of The Plowman
544-546Introduction of The Reeve, Miller, Summoner, Manciple and
Pardoner, beside The Narrator
547-568 Description of The Miller
569-588 Description of The Manciple
THE GENERAL PROLOGUELines Summary
589-624 Description of The Reeve
625-670 Description of The Summoner
671-716 Description of The Pardoner
717-785 The proposal of the Host
786-811 The rules of the game
812-823 The agreement
824-860 Drawing of lots
THE PILGRIMS
“The General Prologue” NARRATOR
SITUATION
• 1st Person– an anonymous, naïve
member of the pilgrimage, who does not describe himself
POSITION
• Objective – describes each one of
the pilgrims as they appear to him
SETTINGTIME
• The late fourteenth century, after 1381
PLACE
• The Tabard Inn• The road to Canterbury
Image Credits
The Canterbury Tales First Page: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ew2IAn1hQQI/Tfvi8OZjpmI/AAAAAAAAIfs/vcKrhKvmP40/s1600/14_02.jpg
Chaucer’s Portrait: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Geoffrey_Chaucer_-_Illustration_from_Cassell%27s_History_of_England_-
_Century_Edition_-_published_circa_1902.jpg/488px-Geoffrey_Chaucer_-_Illustration_from_Cassell%27s_History_of_England_-_Century_Edition_-_published_circa_1902.jpg
The Pilgrims: http://www.heritage-history.com/books/tappan/chaucer/front1.gif
The Characters Map: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/~/media/7C547E3EDE514597B9C4351C0662FCFD.ashx
The Road to Canterbury:http://www.picresize.com/dl.php?i=rsz_road_to_canterbury_map.jpg
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