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• • • • • • • • • • • • • The General Prologue The Knight's Tale The Miller's Prologue and Tale The Reeve's Prologue and Tale The Cook's Prologue and Tale The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale The Friar's Prologue and Tale The Summoner's Prologue and Tale The Clerk's Prologue and Tale The Merchant's Prologue and Tale The Squire's Prologue and Tale The Franklin's Prologue and Tale • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Physician's Tale The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale The Shipman's Tale The Prioress' Prologue and Tale Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topas The Tale of Melibee The Monk's Prologue and Tale The Nun's Priest's Prologue and Tale The Second Nun's Prologue and Tale The Canon's Yeoman‘s Prologue and Tale The Manciple's Prologue and Tale The Parson's Prologue and Tale Chaucer's Retraction
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)
Position in British letry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England. 2) Forerunner of humanism. 3) The first realistic writer. 4) Master of the English language.
The Tales
• There are all together 24 tales with the Knight's tale at the beginning, the
Parson's tale at the end, and the Clerk's tale and others stretching in
Westminster Abbey
Poet’s Corner
literary career
1.French Period (1360-1372):
The Romance of the Rose (《玫瑰罗曼史》) is a translation from a French poem.
2.Italian Period (1372-1386) :
tellers.
•
The prologues and tales of the Wife of Bath and the Pardoner are high points of Chaucer's art. The Wife, an outspoken champion of her gender against the traditional anti-feminism of the church, initiates a series of tales about sex, marriage, and nobility. The tale told by the Wife of Bath illustrates the view that women must rule men and that only the wife's domination can lead to peace and happiness in marriage. On the contrary the Clerk's tale points to the attainment of happiness by a woman acting in full submission to her husband, suggesting thereby that the wife's patience and meekness is the key to married bliss. Both the Merchant's tale and the Franklin's tale are "triangle" love stories of husband, wife and lover, in which the lover, following the conventions of courtly love, attempts to persuade the wife to be unfaithful to her husband. Though the stories differ greatly both in subject and style, The Canterbury Tales should be read as a whole poem and not simply as a collection of tales strung together by some loose thread.
3.English period (1385~1400):
The House of Fame (《声誉殿堂》)， Troilus and Criseyde (《特罗伊拉斯和克莱西德》)， The Legend of Good Women (《贞妇传奇》). The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事 》）(Original English)
Structure
1. The General Prologue 2. 24 tales 3. Separate prologues to each tale with links, comments, quarrels, etc. in between
List of all the Tales
美丽的自然撩拨万物的心弦， 多情的鸟儿歌唱爱情的欣欢。 香客盼望膜拜圣徒的灵台， 僧侣立愿云游陌生的滨海。 信徒来自全国东西南北， 众人结伴奔向坎特伯雷， 去朝谢医病救世的恩主， 以缅怀大恩大德的圣徒。
• • • • • • • •
那是个初夏方临的日子， 我到泰巴旅店投宿歇息； 怀着一颗虔诚的赤子心， 我准备翌日出发去朝圣。 黄昏前后华灯初上时分， 旅店院里涌入很多客人； 二十九人来自各行各业， 不期而遇都到旅店过夜。
life experience
Birth:He was born into a wine merchant family in
London.
Job:
as a page to Elizabeth, courtier, a soldier, a
diplomat and civil servant. Marrige:He was married to a maid of honor to the queen at 26. Death:He died in 1400 ,buried in Westminster Abbey—the Poets’ Corner.
Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury
• • • • • • • • • •
夏雨给大地带来了喜悦， 送走了土壤干裂的三月， 沐浴着草木的丝丝经络， 顿时百花盛开，生机勃勃。 西风轻吹留下清香缕缕， 田野复苏吐出芳草绿绿； 碧蓝的天空腾起一轮红日， 青春的太阳洒下万道金辉。 小鸟的歌喉多么清脆优美， 迷人的夏夜怎好安然入睡——
between. These tales can be divided into different groups such as Romance, Fabliou, Saints' Legends, Homilies, Moralities, Devotions and Marriage. The special genius of Chaucer's work, however, lies in the dramatic interaction between the tales and the framing story. The Knight starts the story of two chivalric knights, who fell in love with the same young lady and who later fought a fierce battle for winning the lady. Then, the Miller interrupts with a deliciously bawdy story of seduction aimed at the Reeve ; the Reeve takes revenge with a tale about the seduction of a miller's wife and daughter. Thus, the tales develop the personalities, quarrels, and diverse opinions of their
这些香客人人虔心诚意， 次日要骑马去坎特伯雷。 客房与马厩宽敞又洁净， 店主的招待周到而殷勤。 夕阳刚从地平线上消失， 众人同我已经相互结识； 大家约好不等鸡鸣就起床， 迎着熹微晨光干燥把路上。
A Brief Analysis of the General Prologue • The magnificent eighteen-line sentence that opens the General Prologue is a superb expression of a double view of the Canterbury pilgrimage. The first eleven lines are a chant of welcome to the Spring with its harmonious marriage between heaven and earth which mellows vegetations, pricks fouls and stirs the heart of man with a renewing power of nature,which wakens man's love of Venus (natural love). But Spring is also the season of Easter and is allegorically regarded as the time of the Redemption through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ with its connotations of religious rebirth which wakens man's love of God (divine love). The structure of this opening passage can be regarded as one from the whole Western tradition of the celebration of spring to a local event of English society, from natural forces in their general operation to a specific Christian manifestation. The transition from nature to divinity is emphasized by contrast between the physical vitality and the spiritual sickness .Thus, in this beginning passage, Chaucer sets the double motivations of the pilgrims in an ambiguous tone with remarkable economy of words and a telling factuality. It is a model of narrative compression, with an 18-line periodic sentence that composes of a subordinate clause (line 1-11) of 79 words and a main clause (line 12- 18) of 49 words, expressing the essential idea of the whole work.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)
Position in British letry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England. 2) Forerunner of humanism. 3) The first realistic writer. 4) Master of the English language.
The Tales
• There are all together 24 tales with the Knight's tale at the beginning, the
Parson's tale at the end, and the Clerk's tale and others stretching in
Westminster Abbey
Poet’s Corner
literary career
1.French Period (1360-1372):
The Romance of the Rose (《玫瑰罗曼史》) is a translation from a French poem.
2.Italian Period (1372-1386) :
tellers.
•
The prologues and tales of the Wife of Bath and the Pardoner are high points of Chaucer's art. The Wife, an outspoken champion of her gender against the traditional anti-feminism of the church, initiates a series of tales about sex, marriage, and nobility. The tale told by the Wife of Bath illustrates the view that women must rule men and that only the wife's domination can lead to peace and happiness in marriage. On the contrary the Clerk's tale points to the attainment of happiness by a woman acting in full submission to her husband, suggesting thereby that the wife's patience and meekness is the key to married bliss. Both the Merchant's tale and the Franklin's tale are "triangle" love stories of husband, wife and lover, in which the lover, following the conventions of courtly love, attempts to persuade the wife to be unfaithful to her husband. Though the stories differ greatly both in subject and style, The Canterbury Tales should be read as a whole poem and not simply as a collection of tales strung together by some loose thread.
3.English period (1385~1400):
The House of Fame (《声誉殿堂》)， Troilus and Criseyde (《特罗伊拉斯和克莱西德》)， The Legend of Good Women (《贞妇传奇》). The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事 》）(Original English)
Structure
1. The General Prologue 2. 24 tales 3. Separate prologues to each tale with links, comments, quarrels, etc. in between
List of all the Tales
美丽的自然撩拨万物的心弦， 多情的鸟儿歌唱爱情的欣欢。 香客盼望膜拜圣徒的灵台， 僧侣立愿云游陌生的滨海。 信徒来自全国东西南北， 众人结伴奔向坎特伯雷， 去朝谢医病救世的恩主， 以缅怀大恩大德的圣徒。
• • • • • • • •
那是个初夏方临的日子， 我到泰巴旅店投宿歇息； 怀着一颗虔诚的赤子心， 我准备翌日出发去朝圣。 黄昏前后华灯初上时分， 旅店院里涌入很多客人； 二十九人来自各行各业， 不期而遇都到旅店过夜。
life experience
Birth:He was born into a wine merchant family in
London.
Job:
as a page to Elizabeth, courtier, a soldier, a
diplomat and civil servant. Marrige:He was married to a maid of honor to the queen at 26. Death:He died in 1400 ,buried in Westminster Abbey—the Poets’ Corner.
Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury
• • • • • • • • • •
夏雨给大地带来了喜悦， 送走了土壤干裂的三月， 沐浴着草木的丝丝经络， 顿时百花盛开，生机勃勃。 西风轻吹留下清香缕缕， 田野复苏吐出芳草绿绿； 碧蓝的天空腾起一轮红日， 青春的太阳洒下万道金辉。 小鸟的歌喉多么清脆优美， 迷人的夏夜怎好安然入睡——
between. These tales can be divided into different groups such as Romance, Fabliou, Saints' Legends, Homilies, Moralities, Devotions and Marriage. The special genius of Chaucer's work, however, lies in the dramatic interaction between the tales and the framing story. The Knight starts the story of two chivalric knights, who fell in love with the same young lady and who later fought a fierce battle for winning the lady. Then, the Miller interrupts with a deliciously bawdy story of seduction aimed at the Reeve ; the Reeve takes revenge with a tale about the seduction of a miller's wife and daughter. Thus, the tales develop the personalities, quarrels, and diverse opinions of their
这些香客人人虔心诚意， 次日要骑马去坎特伯雷。 客房与马厩宽敞又洁净， 店主的招待周到而殷勤。 夕阳刚从地平线上消失， 众人同我已经相互结识； 大家约好不等鸡鸣就起床， 迎着熹微晨光干燥把路上。
A Brief Analysis of the General Prologue • The magnificent eighteen-line sentence that opens the General Prologue is a superb expression of a double view of the Canterbury pilgrimage. The first eleven lines are a chant of welcome to the Spring with its harmonious marriage between heaven and earth which mellows vegetations, pricks fouls and stirs the heart of man with a renewing power of nature,which wakens man's love of Venus (natural love). But Spring is also the season of Easter and is allegorically regarded as the time of the Redemption through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ with its connotations of religious rebirth which wakens man's love of God (divine love). The structure of this opening passage can be regarded as one from the whole Western tradition of the celebration of spring to a local event of English society, from natural forces in their general operation to a specific Christian manifestation. The transition from nature to divinity is emphasized by contrast between the physical vitality and the spiritual sickness .Thus, in this beginning passage, Chaucer sets the double motivations of the pilgrims in an ambiguous tone with remarkable economy of words and a telling factuality. It is a model of narrative compression, with an 18-line periodic sentence that composes of a subordinate clause (line 1-11) of 79 words and a main clause (line 12- 18) of 49 words, expressing the essential idea of the whole work.