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
The Canterbury Tales
Symbols
Springtime
Symbols
Clothing
Symbols
Physiognomy
The Tale
The Narrator
The Tale
The General Prologue
The Tale
The Knight
The Tale
The Wife of Bath
The Tale
The Squire
The Tale
The Pardoner
The Tale
The Prioress
ThemesThe Pervasiveness of Courtly Love
ThemesThe Importance of Company
ThemesThe Corruption of the Church
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
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)
Norman Wife
King Ethelred(1002)
Before The Norman Conquest
Edward
1066
William
The Norman Conquest
Edward Godwin
Harold
1066
Political aspects in ME period Feudalism = unfair & out of date laws and customs
Lords, Vassals, Fiefs
William the Conqueror (King)
Lord John (King’s vassal)
Knights (Lord’s vassals)
20 manors as fief
One manor
Political aspects in ME period The Hundred Years War
England VS. FranceEdward III
1337
1453
116 years
Political aspects in ME period
• Edwardian war
• Carolinian war
• Lancastrian war
The Hundred Years War
• Joan of Arc (1429)
Political aspects in ME period The Black Death
Political aspects in ME period The Peasant Revolt
Political aspects in ME period The Crusades
Political aspects in ME period Magna Carta
Political aspects in ME period Restoration and Reformation
Political aspects in ME period Restoration and Reformation
The Main Influences in the ME Period
FrenchFirst Stage (before 1250):• Only 900 words
• French Nobility: baron, noble, servant
• Literature: story, rhyme
• The church
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
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
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.