the canterbury tales---Elaine.pptVIP

Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer He is regarded as the father of English poetry. He presents,for the first time in English literature ,a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and creates a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. Chaucer introduced from France rhymed stanzas of various types(heroic couplet英雄双韵体)into English poetry to replace the Old English alliterative头韵体的 verse It was Chaucer who made London dialect the foundation for modern English speech 英雄双韵体(Heroic Couplet)又叫英雄双行体 　　 Heroic Couplet is an English classical style of verse,it was initiated by Chaucer.It was evolved by decasyllable couplet,and every row had five foots,every foots had two syllables,the first was light ,the second was stress.The sentence pattern was balanced,orderly,exact and succinct . 英雄双韵体是一种英国古典诗体，由乔叟首创。由十音节双韵诗体演化而来，每行五个音步，每个音步有两个音节，第一个是轻音，第二个是重音。句式均衡、整齐、准确、简洁。 The people also buried in the Westminster Abbey The people also buried in the Westminster Abbey Chaucer’s Pilgrims 29 pilgrims including Chaucer himself The Poet-Pilgrim Represent the strata阶层 of medieval society Started from the Tabard Inn in Southwark Agree to pass the time with a storytelling competition suggested by their host, Harry Bailey, owner of the Tabard The Pilgrimage Started at Southwark, London Many different pilgrimage routes started here 55 miles of dangerous, muddy, rutted, rural Roman road Pilgrimage season began in April with the return of spring Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury according to the plan, there should have been a total of one hundred and twenty tales,but Chaucer only lived to write twenty-four tales.The pilgrims do not even reach Canterbury. the Nuns Priests Tale Cock Chantecleer and the Fox 公鸡羌得克立和狐狸 Chantecleer Pertelot Fox old goriot 高老头 《old goriot》was published in 1834 by Balzac巴尔扎克，who was a critical realism author