PPT-Geoffrey Chaucer

and The Canterbury Tales Early Life Born 1340 Middle Ages Son of a prosperous wine merchant lived among wealthy society In his midteens he was placed in the service of the Countess of Ulster . By: Brandon Floyd. He wore a fustian tunic stained and dark with smudges where his armor had left mark.. He is a good person. His profession was being a noble knight. He did his job very well. Jousting. The Parliament of Fowls Geoffrey Chaucer The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly--by all this I Introduction. The Canterbury Tales. was . written . in Middle English, over a period of years between 1386-1400 . written by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340-1400) . written in the London dialect of Middle English . Manlius . Severinus. Boethius. De . Consalatione. . Philosophiae. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rAWPevQFq4. . Historical Backdrop (~475-525). Unsteady Roman Empire divided between the East (Constantinople) and West (Ravenna. :. Money, Sex, and Jousting. September 18, 2014. Roberta Hirschbuehler. Contents. Geoffrey Chaucer. Background on . The Canterbury Tales. More background. Middle English. The Narrator. The Knight. The . The Prologue. Review background info, social context, literary terms (frame tale, characterization, social commentary, allusion). Key Literary Devices. Frame Story. : . Narrative technique in which a main story is written to organize a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story.. Canterbury Tales. The Journey Begins . . .. Chaucer uses a religious pilgrimage to display all segments of medieval England.. The Canterbury Tales begins with a Prologue, . Narrator, presumably Chaucer himself, meets 29 other pilgrims at the Tabard Inn, located in a suburb of London.. “The General Prologue”. The Knight. Social Group: Feudal. The Knight. Physical . Appearance. Perfect, Gentle Knight. Generous, Honorable, Truthful. Fought in many battles all around the world.. Wise. The Middle Ages. Language. French did not become either the official or unofficial language of England. . William was not combining the lands of Normandy and England, and had no wish to replace language or culture.. Geoffrey Chaucer’s . The Canterbury Tales. A cook they . hadde. with hem for the . nones. 
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And . poudre-marchant. tart and . galyngale. 1340?--1400. A Few Significant Facts!. Completed during the third, mature phase of Chaucer’s writing career, the end of 1300s.. Written in English (Middle English) . while French . remained the language of England’s royal court and members of the English upper-class.. The Canterbury Tales. Born around 1343 in London. Son of a middle- class wine merchant. Became a page in the royal household when he was a teenager.. Mundane jobs . BUT-. he was exposed . to . proper speech, manners, and the . 51 4 Book III of the Troilus provides the climax, in every sense, of Troilus and Criseyde The 'top 100' most commonly words in Chaucer LOOK over this 'top 100' when you read a Chaucer poem and you usually avoid the most common mistakes and misunderstandings (th