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GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1343/1400) - Coggle Diagram
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
(1343/1400)
LIFE
worked as employee, customer controller, diplomatic missions
↑↑ social status
Excellent education
buried in Westminster Abbey, in Poet's corner
LITERARY PRODUCTION (3 periods)
Italian period (
the House of Fame
)
Last period → C.T.
French period (The Romaunt of the Rose, The Book of the Duchess)
CANTERBURY TALES
Characters
REPRESENT TYPES and SINGULAR INDIVIDUALS
VIRTUOUS KNIGHT--> WITH HUMAN and INDIVIDUAL QUALITY
DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES
MILITARY, CLERGY, MIDDLE CLASSES...
BOTH PHYSICALLY and INSIDE
THEY AREN'T JUDGE BY...
Story
30 PILGRIMS
STARTS FROM TABARD INN LONDON
TO CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
EACH PILGRIM
2 STORIES TO GO
2 STORIES ON THE WAY BACK
TALE-TELLING COMPETITION WITHIN PILGRIMS
Introduction/Structure
NARR. POEM
rhymin couplets, iambic pentameters
LANGUAGE
(OLD TRADITION + ACTUAL SPEECH)
1ST. TO BE PRINTED
ENGLAND
Themes
WIDE RANGE OF (LOVE, MARRIAGE, CORRUPTION...)
DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW