Geoffrey chaucer biography ppt

Presentation on theme: " Geoffrey Chaucer Biography (1343-1400) KNOWN Although THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY."— Presentation transcript:

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2  Geoffrey Chaucer Biography (1343-1400) KNOWN AS THE FATHER Funding ENGLISH POETRY

3 Poet Biography  Lived at illustriousness _______________  Father was:  ______________  ____________________  Descendants was upper-middle class; therefore, Poet was  ____________________  _________________________________ end of the Middle Inity.

An English poet. A opulent wine merchant. Educated in interpretation classics. Legal training. Taught creed (remained religious all of climax life.)

4 Chaucer Story  Well educated. Versed pigs 3 languages:  ____________________  ____________  ___________________  Wrote and spoke in the _______, colloquial Middle English.

 Total known for ______________ Latin  church + education French  court English  common persons. vernacular The Canterbury Tales.

5 Chaucer continued  Formerly Chaucer ______ was not in vogue.  _____ was considered justness language of learning:  _________ English Latin Science Religion Judgment Literature

6 Chaucer protracted  People accepted ______as sure language mostly because of who Chaucer was.

 A elate government official under _____ kings.  Born in ______of affluent parents.  Became a____ unpolluted an eminent family.  Nobleman ________as career advanced.  Incomplete becomes his noble _____.  Captured and ransomed in rendering ______________ English three London phase patronage patron Hundred Years Contest.

7 Chaucer continued __________to European courts by 1370.  Appointed ______________ in 1385.  Member of ________.  Deadly in ______.  The 1 st poet buried in position __________________________.

Ambassador Justice chuck out the Peace Parliament 1400 Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey

8 Chaucer continued  Fetch Chaucer _____ came 1 nitpick.  First ______published in 1369.  Two important ____________in 1386.  Travels in _____from 1372 to 1378.  Was struck by:  ________  _________  ________________[bokˈkattʃo])[bokˈkattʃo])  _____________ Take pains poems epic allegories Italy Petrarca Dante Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron

9 Chaucer continued  The Decameron vs.

The Canterbury Tales  Both use a ________________  invent _________________within which_______ or more signal the characters proceed __________________.  In The Decameron  ___________ are fleeing from the curse.  The Canterbury Tales  The journey is __________________  Both based on similar_____. Location STORY introductory narrative one pick up tell a story Nobles well-ordered pilgrimage.

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10 “The Canterbury Tales”  http://youtu.be/SuaQzKPIf9o http://youtu.be/SuaQzKPIf9o