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英美文学 杰弗里乔叟 Geoffrey Chaucer
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And the small fowl are making melody That sleep away the night with open eye (so nature pricks them and their heart engages) 小鸟的歌喉多么清脆优美，
坎特伯雷故事集
Chaucer greatly contributed to the founding of the English literary language, the basis of which was formed by the London dialect, so profusely used by the poet.
couplet)
E.g. A thousand times have I heard men telle That there is joye in heven and peyne in helle (alliterative verse---- metrical form)
laid the foundation of the English tonico-syllabic verse
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Position of Geoffrey Chacuer
a. the father of English poetry b. the father of English fiction c. the forerunner of English renaissance d. one of the greatest narrative poets of England e. the first poet who wrote in English language f. the first English realistic poet
chaucer对英国文学的贡献
chaucer对英国文学的贡献
乔叟（Geoffrey Chaucer）是14世纪英国最著名的作家之一，他对英国文学的贡献可以从以下几个方面来分析：
1. 《坎特伯雷故事集》(The Canterbury Tales)：这是乔叟最著名的作品，被认为是英国文学史上最重要的诗歌作品之一。
故事集中包含了许多个人故事，通过各式各样的人物和叙述方式，反映了当时社会各阶层的特点、宗教观念以及人性的各种弱点和美德。
乔叟通过这部作品推动了英语作为文学语言的发展。
2. 诗歌技巧：乔叟在诗歌创作方面采用了一些新颖的手法，为后来的英国诗人提供了启发。
他采用了押韵和节奏来打破传统的中世纪拉丁诗歌的形式，使英语成为创作诗歌的主要语言。
他的作品中使用了许多修辞手法和修辞词句，例如隐喻、讽刺和象征，对后来的英国文学产生了深远的影响。
3. 文学表达：乔叟的作品为后来的英国文学提供了文学表达的模板和范例。
他的作品呈现了丰富多样的人物形象和情节，描写了人性和社会现象。
他的写作风格自然而生动，通过对话和描写展示人物的性格和行为。
乔叟以他丰富的想象力和生动的描写能力，为后来的作家提供了灵感和写作技巧。
4. 社会意识：乔叟在他的作品中揭示了当时社会的弊端和不公正，如封建专制、道德堕落等。
他对社会现象和个人命运的观察和批判，促使英国文学从中世纪的封建观念中解脱出来，为人们认识社会和个人自由提供了一个新的视角。
总的来说，乔叟不仅在文学形式上做出了创新，而且通过他的作品揭示了当时社会的问题，推动了英语作为文学语言的发展，并为后来的英国文学做出了重要贡献。
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杰弗雷·乔叟(Geoffrey Chaucer,约1343～1400）英国诗人。 杰弗雷·乔叟(Geoffrey Chaucer,约1343～1400）英国诗人。 他的个人生活是 相当丰富的：1357年做宫廷侍童，1359年 相当丰富的：1357年做宫廷侍童，1359年 参加对法作战时被俘，翌年由国王赎回，1361年 1367年在内 参加对法作战时被俘，翌年由国王赎回，1361年-1367年在内 1366 殿法学协会受训，1366年与王后寝宫的女官结婚，此后多次代 殿法学协会受训，1366年与王后寝宫的女官结婚，此后多次代 表爱德华三世出使欧洲大陆，到过比利时、法国、意大利等国， 有机会遇见薄伽丘与彼特拉克，这对他的文学创作产生了很大的 影响。 1374年，乔叟任伦敦毛皮关税管理员，1382年兼任酒类及其 1374年，乔叟任伦敦毛皮关税管理员，1382年兼任酒类及其 它商品的关税管理员。1385年，乔叟任肯特郡治安法官，第二 它商品的关税管理员。1385年，乔叟任肯特郡治安法官，第二 年被选为该郡骑士代表出席议会下院。 1389年理查德亲政后，乔叟又先后担任过王室建筑工程主事 1389年理查德亲政后，乔叟又先后担任过王室建筑工程主事 和萨默塞特王室森林副主管。乔叟在庇护者失宠期间，被剥夺了 官位和年金，经济拮据。他曾写过打油诗《致空囊》 官位和年金，经济拮据。他曾写过打油诗《致空囊》给刚登基的 亨利四世，申诉自己的贫穷。 1400年乔叟逝世，安葬在伦敦威斯敏特斯教堂的“ 1400年乔叟逝世，安葬在伦敦威斯敏特斯教堂的“诗人之 角”(Poet's Corner)，他也是第一位葬于此的诗人。 Corner)，他也是第一位葬于此的诗人。
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• The Prologue of the Wife of Bath’s Tale The wife of Bath speaking “Experience--and no matter what they say In books--is good enough authority For me to speak of trouble in marriage. For ever since I was twelve years of age, Thanks be to God, I’ve had no less than five Husbands at church door--if one may believe I could be wed so often legally!” (P.220)
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7.The Wife of Bath （巴斯城的妇女） 巴斯城的妇女）
• The wife of Bath shows Chaucer’s keen observation and his unsurpassed (无比的) talent for characterization. • She is the owner of a cloth factory, lighthearted, merry, somewhat vulgar (粗俗的), and exceedingly (非常) talkative. • It is a vivid sketch (概述) of a woman of the middle class, and a colorful picture of the domestic life of that class in Chaucer’s day.
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在这时节，有一天，我正停憩在伦敦南岸萨得克 的泰巴客店，虔心诚意，准备去坎特伯雷朝圣， 到了晚上，客店中来了二十九位形形色色的朝 圣客，凑巧结成了旅伴，他们都不约而同，要 赴坎特伯雷的盛会；当时客店的屋舍马厩却很 宽敞，我们舒舒服服地安顿下来。简单说来， 到了夕阳西沉的时分，我已同每人相识交谈， 约定了一齐早起出发。可是，在我开讲这故事 之前，我想暂抽一部分时间，先谈一下每人的 个别情况，由我的角度看去，他们是何种人物， 属于哪一个社会阶层，穿着怎样。现在我将先 讲一个武士。
Unit 1 Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)
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杰弗里·乔叟简介
英国最早具有人文主义思想的代表诗人，也 是现实主义文学的奠基人。早年受法国文 学的影响，代表作品是《悼公爵夫人》 (The Book of the Duchess)和用伦敦方言翻 译了法国中世纪长篇叙事诗《玫瑰传奇》 等。中期的代表诗作有《声誉之堂》(The House of Fame)和《特罗伊勒斯和克莱西 德》(Troilus and Criseyde)，肯定爱情和 个人幸福，反对封建专制和压迫，反映了 作者现实主义的创作态度和人文主义观点。
杰弗里·乔叟简介
乔叟在最后十五年里创作了《坎特伯雷故事》 (The Canterbury Tales)，这部作品是英国 文学史上现实主义文学作品的第一部杰作， 充满了浓郁的生活气息和时代特点，也反 映了当时社会处于封建社会向资本主义社 会过渡时期，带有强烈的人文主义色彩， 无论在英国文学还是在语言上都起了重大 的作用。他也是英国文学史上首位用伦敦 方言写作的作家，加强了伦敦方言在英国 文学史上的地位。英国十七世纪作家约 翰·德莱顿称他为“英国诗歌之父”。
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offrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340～1400),
the most prominent literary figure in Middle English period is “ the father of English poetry ” .
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Chaucer's literary works are roughly divided into three periods, according to his three periods of life.
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He once served as a page to Elizabeth, Countess of Ulster and in 1367 he entered the service of King Edward III , who made Chaucer involved in diplomatic errands for nearly ten years.
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The third period covers the last
fifteen years of the poet's life: from 1386 to 1400, when Chaucer stopped being the mere interpreter of other poets and produced his own works of full maturity. The Canterbury Tales, one of the monumental works in English literature, was composed during this period.
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《坎特伯雷故事集》特点
• 一、它展现了广阔的社会画面。香客来自社会各 个阶层：骑士、僧侣、学者、律师、商人、手工 业者、自耕农、磨坊主等。 • 二、它综合采用了中世纪的各种文学体裁，有骑 士传奇、圣徒传、布道文、寓言等。 • 三、总序和开场白中对人物的描写和故事本身饶 有趣味，充满幽默感。 • 四、语言带上了讲述人自身的特征，每人所讲的 故事都体现出讲述人的身份、趣味、爱好、职业 和生活经验。
5.《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》--乔叟对中世纪宫廷爱情文学 传统的继承与超越 Troilus and Criseyde:Chaucer and Courtly Love Tradition [四川师范大学学报（社会科学版） Journal of Sichuan Normal University(Social Sciences Edition)] 肖明翰 6.乔叟语言艺术中的讽刺幽默 Ironical Humor in Chaucer‘s Language Art [哈尔滨学院学报 Journal of Harbin University] 王欣 7. 乔叟的梦幻诗和欧洲中世纪梦幻文学传统 Chaucer's Dream Poetry and the Medieval Tradition of Dream Vision [外国文学研究 Foreign Literature Studies] 刘进 , Liu Jin 8.论乔叟人文主义思想的形成 The Evolving of Chaucer's Humanism [徐州师范大学学报（哲学社会科学版） Journal of Xuzhou Normal University(Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition)] 王莹章
杰弗里·乔叟_英语介绍
杰弗里· 乔叟
Life and Career
杰弗里· 乔叟（Geoffrey Chaucer，1343年－1400 年），The father of English poetry，the first realistic writer in the British literary history.(英国诗 歌之父,英国文学史上第一位现实主义作家) Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher （哲学家）, bureaucrat （官僚） , courtier （朝臣） and diplomat （外交家）. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative （框架叙述） The Canterbury Tales , Sometimes called the father of English literature.
Major Word
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first or the French period （1360-1372 ）
⑴ The Romance of the Rose《玫瑰传奇》
⑵The Book of the Duchess 《悼公爵夫人》
2.The
second Troilus and Criseyda 《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》
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The
Canterbury Tales 《坎特伯雷故事集》 (绘制了当时的英国社 会全景图被认为是英 国文学史上的一座丰 碑)
乔叟
Chaucer took his narrative inspiration for his works from several sources but still remained an entirely individual poet. His first narrative poem, The Book of the Duchess, was probably written shortly after the death of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, first wife of John Gaunt, in September 1369. His next important work, The House of Fame, was written between 1374 and 1385. Soon afterward Chaucer translated The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, and wrote the poem The Parliament of Birds.
乔叟代表作：
《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales）
其他作品：
《公爵夫人之书》(Book of the Duchess)、 《声誉之宫》(The House of Fame)、 《百鸟会议》(The Parliament of Fowles)、 《贤妇传说》(The Legend of Good Women) 《特洛伊罗斯与克丽西达》(Troilus and Criseyde).
Geoffrey Chaucer, (1340 years -1400), the famous medieval English writer, was born in a home wine. Edward III in 1359 with the French Expeditionary Force, was captured by the French army, near to gold redemption. Chaucer as a king-de-camp, as ambassador to many European countries, two visits to Italy and found a Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarca's works of literature for his role greatly. Chaucer in October 25, 1400 death in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey the "poet of the angle." Chaucer's the cause of death is unknown, may have been murder.
Geoffrey Chaucer乔叟英文简介
While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten-year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works, which include The Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde, he is best known today for The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. Chaucer was a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin
杰弗里乔叟的英文简介
杰弗里乔叟的英文简介杰弗里·乔叟,英国中世纪著名作家，安葬在伦敦威斯敏特斯教堂的“诗人之角”，下面是店铺为你整理的杰弗里乔叟的英文简介，希望对你有用!杰弗里·乔叟简介Geoffrey Chaucer (about 1343 ~ 1400) British poet. His personal life is quite rich: 1357 years to do the court paternity, 1359 years to participate in the war when the law was captured, the following year by the king of redemption, 1361 - 1367 in the Temple Law Association training, 1366 and the queen of the palace The women's marriage, after many times on behalf of Edward III to the European continent, to Belgium, France, Italy and other countries, have the opportunity to meet Boccaccio and Petrak, which his literary creation had a great impact. In 1374, Chaucer was the London fur management officer, and in 1382 served as the tariff manager for alcohol and other commodities. In 1385, Chaucer was the magistrate of Kent, the second year was elected to the county knight to attend the lower house of parliament. In 1389 years after the KMT government, Chaucer has served as the royal construction works and Somerset royal forest deputy director. Chaucer was deprived of official and annuities during the asylum of the asylum, and the economy was strained. He had written the oil poem "to the empty capsule" to just ascend to Henry IV, complain about their own poverty. In 1400, Joao died and was buried at Poet's Corner in London's Westminster Church. He was also the first poet to be buried here.Chaucer's poetic creation is divided into three periods: (1) the French influence period (1360 ~ 1372): the main translation and follow the works of the French poet, created the "Duchess" (TheBook of the Duchess (1369) Dialect translation of the French medieval long narrative poem "rose legend" and so on. ② the Italian influence period (1372 ~ 1386): the poet came into contact with the progressive thinking of bourgeois humanism. The creation of this period, such as the "Birds Conference", "Troilus and Criseyde (c. 1385))," The Story of a Good Woman ", reflects the author's creation for the reality of life Attitude and humanism.③ mature period (1386 ~ 1400): Chaucer in the last 15 years in the "Canterbury story set" creation. Both in content and skills to achieve the pinnacle of his creation. His first heroic rhyme is widely used by British poets later, known as "the father of British poetry."The early creation of Chaucer was influenced by Italian and French literature. He introduced the literature of knights in the French literature, the lyrics and animal fables, and so on. Its early works "Trolls and Clay West" (1385), character character to create vivid and delicate, language witty humor.From 1377 onwards, Chaucer repeatedly made the European continent, in contact with Dante, Pietrak and Boccaccio and others works. These writers anti-feudal anti-religious spirit and humanism, so that Chaucer's creative thinking has undergone profound changes, began to turn to realism. The narrative poem "Trolls and the West", which is rewritten according to a long poem of Boccaccio, rejects the traditions of fantasy and fables, instead of the description of the characters and life details in the real world. A realist work.Chaucer carried out the creation of The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400) in the last fifteen years of his life. This is his most outstanding work.Chaucer's vision, profound observation, rich writing style,truly reflect the lives of different social classes, created a realist tradition of British literature, Shakespeare and Dickens have an impact."Canterbury story set" is the British writer Chaucer's novel. The work describes a group of pilgrims gathered in a small London hotel, ready to pilgrimage to Canterbury. Shopkeepers suggested that pilgrims on the way to the two stories, to see who speak the best. The story set includes 23 stories, one of the most wonderful stories are: the knight's story of love tragedy, the story of the knight's knight's knight, the soldier who sells the crucifixion, the talisman's story, the businessman's story The story of the family disputes, the story of the farmer's touching love and generosity. The works extensively reflect the British social life of the embryonic period of capitalism, exposing the corruption of the church, the greed and hypocrisy of the priest, condemning the asceticism of human nature, affirming the secular love life.The artistic achievements of the Canterbury Tales are very high, far exceeding the previous British literary works, the first example of the realism in British literary history. The work combines humor and satire, and the comedy is strong, and most of the stories are written in double rhyme poems, which have had an impact on later English literature. People figure clear, lively language. Chaucer's creation of the vibrant London dialect also laid the foundations for the English literary language. His first heroic rhyme was widely used by British poets in the future, and Chaucer was hailed as "the father of English poetry."杰弗里·乔叟作品Geoffrey Chaucer (1340 - 1400), a famous British medieval writer, was born in a wine family. 1359 years with the troops of Edward III leap in France, captured by the French army, and soonto redemption. Chaucer became king's attendants, made many European countries, twice visited Italy, found Dante, Boccaccio and Petrak's works, his literary creation played a great role. The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The House of Fowles, The House of Fae, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, The House of Fowles, "The Legend of Good Women" and "Troilus and Criseyde". Chaucer died in London on October 25, 1400, and was buried in the corner of the poet in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer's death is unknown, may be murdered, the British medieval research expert Terry Jones had a book "Who murdered Chaucer?" Chaucer first took the London dialect writing, and the creation of "heroic bimodal", the British national language and literature development great influence, it is known as "the father of British poetry."。
杰弗里·乔叟 英语介绍
❖ The tales are told as part of a storytelling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including "Troilus and Criseyde", "House of Fame", "Parliament of Fowls", the Canterbury Tales is Chaucer's magnum opus, and a towering achievement of Western culture. By casting a bumbling, credulous version of himself as tour guide, Chaucer created literature's first unreliable narrator. Structurally, the poem bears the influence of The Decameron, which Chaucer is said to have come across during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. However, Chaucer peoples his tales with 'sondry folk' rather than Boccaccio's fleeing nobles.
乔叟简介
(The Legend of Good Women)
《特洛伊罗斯与克丽西达》
(Troilus and Criseyde)
literarypath
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The period of Franch （1360～1372）
Translate and imitate （效仿）
The பைடு நூலகம்ook of the Duchess <<悼公爵夫人>>
The period of Italy （1372～1386）
Troilus and Criseyde 《特罗伊勒斯和克莱西德》 The birds of the meeting 《百鸟会议》
The bourgeois humanism 资产阶级人文主义
The period of mature （1386～1400）
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“The father of English Poetry”
well-known saying （名言）
We soon believe what we desire. —Chaucer
我们欲望中的东西，我 们很快就信以为真。 —— 乔叟
And gladly would learn , and gladly teach . —Chaucer 勤于学习的人才能乐意 施教。
杰弗雷· 乔叟，英国诗人。十几岁起进入宫 廷当差。1359年随爱德华三世的部队远征 法国，被法军俘虏，不久赎回。乔叟与宫 廷往来密切，当过廷臣、关税督察、肯特 郡的治安法官、郡下议院议员。他曾因外 交事务出使许多国家和地区，到过比利时、 法国、意大利等国，有机会遇见薄伽丘与 彼特拉克，这对他的文学创作产生了很大 的影响。乔叟在庇护者失宠期间，被剥夺 了官位和年金，经济拮据。他曾写过打油 诗《致空囊》给刚登基的亨利四世，申诉 自己的贫穷。1400年乔叟逝世，安葬在伦
英美文学杰弗里乔叟GeoffreyChaucer资料
The Canterbury Tales
坎特伯雷故事集
Chaucer greatly contributed to the founding of the English literary language, the basis of which was formed by the London dialect, so profusely used by the poet.
trans.(Boethius 波伊提乌，Roman)
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Complaint to His Empty Purse (1399)《致空囊》 The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400)《坎特伯雷故事集》 (Masterpiece)
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The most vigorous有力的；精力充沛的 character is the larger-than-life Wife of Bath
The crudest粗野的，缺乏教养的 character is the Miller磨 坊主；碾磨工
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Prologue
The Prologue开场 is a splendid masterpiece of realistic portrayal, the first of its kind in the history of English literature. From the Prologue, we can see that Chaucer is a talented portrait painter. Each of the pilgrims or narrators is presented vividly in the Prologue. The pilgrims are people from various parts of England. They are the representatives of various walks of life and social groups, with various interests, tastes and predilections.
Chaucer
Also among the works of this period are the unfinished Legend of Good Women, a poem telling of nine classical heroines, which introduced the heroic couplet (two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter) into English verse; the prose fragment The Treatise on the Astrolabe, written for his son Lewis; and Troilus and Criseyde, based on Boccaccio's Filostrato, one of the great love poems in the English language (see Troilus and Cressida). In Troilus and Criseyde, Chaucer perfected the seven-line stanza later called rhyme royal.
（Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343 - 1400），诗人，生于富商之家，与王室关系密切.
曾数度出使法国和意大利等欧洲大陆国家，还担任过海关官员和法官等公职。乔叟的文学创作深受法国文学、特别是文艺复兴时期的意大利文学的影响，其主要作品有《公爵夫人之书》（The Book of the Dutchess）、《声誉之堂》（The House of Fame）、《百鸟议会》（The Parliament of Fowls）以及他的代表作 《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales）等。
乔叟的介绍Geoffrey-ChaucerPPT演示课件
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•Born in 1343, not long after 100 Years’ war began
•Middle class family (father – merchant)
4. Who is the first person that the narrator begins his introduction?
5. Why does the narrator think of this man as “a most distinguished man”?
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Literature
•1st poem, The Book of the Duchess, about John of Gaunt’s wife who had died of the plague. •1387 – began The Canterbury Tales – never completed it. •Considered one of the greatest works of the English Language. •Left a great picture of life during the Middle Ages. •Favorite rhyme scheme is the couplet.
• John of Gaunt (the duke of Lancaster) died in 1399, the year before Chaucer died
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey
Geoffrey Chaucer英国诗歌之⽗！修⼥也疯狂她爹！（1）Geoffrey Chaucer英国诗歌之⽗！修⼥也疯狂她爹！英语⽐较特别，单词重⾳固定不变，句⼦重⾳变化灵活。
早期英语诗歌主要靠头韵(alliteration, or head rhyme)来突显诗⾏的⾳乐性。
乔叟以重⾳作为节奏单位核⼼加强了英语诗歌的节奏感(accentual rhythm), 他⼤量使⽤的五步抑扬格(iambic pentameter)成为之后⼏百年英语诗歌的主要格律，称英国诗歌之⽗已没有异议。
但要说乔叟还是“修⼥也疯狂”她爹，多数⼈不会认可，却有诗为证。
下⽂是乔叟所作Canterbury Tales 对修⼥院长嬷嬷的描写，疯狂不疯狂⼀读便知。
There also was a Nun, a Prioress,Her way of smiling very simple and coy. (coy可不是shy。
⼀个是真羞，⼀个是装羞，羞给你看的羞，修⼥=羞⼥)Her greatest oath was only 'By St Loy!'And she was known as Madam Eglantyne (⼈称“玫瑰⼥⼠”，名字就让⼈往歪处想)And well she sang a service, with a fineIntoning through her nose, as was most seemly (⿐⾳之重，1066年之后法语是强势语⾔)And she spoke daintily in French, extremely,After the school of Stratford-atte-Bowe;French in the Paris style she did not know. (等于我们的英语是在国内弄的，没留过洋)At meat her manners were well taught withal; (这⾥的描写，可没有遵循“写作⼿册”的原则：由表及⾥，先静后动。
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• A heroic couplet
is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used in epic and narrative poetry; it refers to poems constructed from a sequence of rhyming pairs of lines in iambic pentameter. Use of the heroic couplet was pioneered by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Legend of Good Women and the Canterbury Tales and was perfected by John Dryden in the Restoration Age.
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O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
• Dante 但丁(意大利诗人,1265-1321) The Divine Comedy
• Ovid: Roman poet known for his explorations of love,
especially the Art of Love (c. 1 b.c. ) and Metamorphoses [metə’mɔ:fəʊz] (c. a.d. 8). 奥维德：公元前 43年- 公元 17年罗马 诗人，以其对爱的研究，尤其是《爱的艺术》（公元前1年 ) 和《变形记》（公元 8年）而闻名。
Examples of iambic pentameter
The tick-TOCK rhythm of iambic pentameter can be heard in the opening line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 12:
• When I do count the clock that tells the time
A frequently-cited example illustrating the use of heroic couplets is this passage from Cooper's Hill by John Denham, part of his description of the Thames:
The General Prologue
• • • • • • • •Байду номын сангаас• • • •
The Knight's Tale The Miller's tale The Reeve's Tale The Cook's Tale The Man of Law's Tale The Wife of Bath's Tale The Friar's Tale The Sompnour's Tale The Clerk's Tale The Merchant's Tale The Squire's Tale The Franklin's Tale
The following line from John Keats' To Autumn is a straightforward example:
• To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
The General Prologue ---in middle English
• He contributed importantly in the second half of the
14th century to the management of public affairs as courtier, diplomat, and civil servant. In that career he was trusted and aided by three successive kings— Edward III, Richard II, and Henry IV. But it is his hobby—the writing of poetry—for which he is remembered.
The Canterbury Tales 《坎特伯雷故事集》
• It is one of the most famous works in all literature. It
begins with a general prologue that explains the occasion for the narration of the tales and gives a description of the pilgrims who narrate the tales, and then follow the twenty-four tales that make up the bulk of the book, plus the separate prologues and the links that accompany some of the tales.
• Iambic rhythms come relatively naturally in
English. Iambic pentameter is the most common meter in English poetry; it is used in many of the major English poetic forms, including blank verse, the heroic couplet, and some of the traditional rhymed stanza forms. William Shakespeare used iambic pentameter in his plays and sonnets.
• 30 pilgrims would have told 120 stories. But Chaucer
had actually completed only 22 stories, with two more existing in fragments.
THE CANTERBURY TALES
About poetry
• A couplet • A heroic couplet • Iambic pentameter
Rhyme rhythm
• Iambic pentameter is a commonly used type of
metrical line in traditional English poetry and verse drama. The term describes the rhythm that the words establish in that line, which is measured in small groups of syllables called "feet". The word "iambic" refers to the type of foot that is used, known as the iamb, which in English is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The word "pentameter" indicates that a line has five of these "feet".
Other works
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（The Book of the Duchess）《公爵夫人之书》 （The House of Fame） 《声誉之堂》 （The Parliament of Fowls） 《百鸟议会》 （Troilus and Criseyde） [krɪ’seɪdə] 《特罗勒斯与克丽西德》
• 1. the founder of English
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poetry 2. the outstanding English poet before William Shakespeare. 3. Chaucer made a crucial contribution to English literature in writing in English at a time when much court poetry宫廷诗 was still composed in French or Latin.
• He was influenced by French and Italian literature.
Some previous literary sources
• Boccaccio [bəu’kɑ:tʃiəu]薄伽丘(Giovanni, 1313-1375, 文艺复兴
时期意大利作家, Decameron [di’kæ mərən ]《十日谈》的作者)
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The Doctor's Tale The Pardoner's Tale The Shipman's Tale The Prioress's Tale Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus The Monk's Tale The Nun's Priest's Tale The Second Nun's Tale The Canon's Yeoman's Tale The Manciple's Tale The Parson's Tale