The-Wife-of-Bath巴斯妇

《坎特伯雷故事集》 （The Canterbury Tales）
The Canterbury Tales
1. It has 24 stories. 2.It is the description of the pilgrims（朝圣
者）who tell stories. 3. It is about the life of ordinary people. 4.It consists of the prologues(序言) of the
She had married five times. Her first three husbands were old but wealthy; She was in charge of them.The forth one was tortured to death by her. At last,she fell in love with a poor young man.
less the better?
02 What thing it is that women most desire. What is the relation between the wife
03 of Bath and the tale she told?
04 Does materials matter in love?
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.
So,this is why we choose it
But since I was provided with a mate, I really wept but little, I may state.
…….. 但自从找到了一个 新的配偶，
我哭得很少了，这
Middle English literature
Chauce r
Canterbury Tales
The wife of Bath
Study Questions
How many times of marriage should a 01 man have? The more the better? Or the
pilgrims and their tales. 5. It gives vivid characters, with humor and
satire.
The Tales
The famous ones are the story of : 1) the wife of Bath（巴斯夫人）, 2) the Knight（骑士）, 3) the Pardoner（卖赎罪卷者）, 4) the Nun’s Priest（尼姑的教士）, 5) the Prologue（序诗）.
The Wife of Bath 巴斯妇
The wife of Bath shows Chaucer’s keen observation. She is light-hearted, merry, somewhat vulgar (粗俗的), and exceedingly talkative.
• 祝福上帝，我也 结了五次婚！ 他们都是经我选 择出来， 在体力方面和金钱 方面是最美满的
……..
Welcome the sixth whenever 我欢迎第六个来，Biblioteka Baidu
come he shall.
不论何时
Attitude Ⅰ : Love is Dynamic
• Forsooth, I'll not keep chaste for good and all; When my good husband from the world is gone, Some Christian man shall marry me anon;
05 In a marriage, one dominates the other, is that a good thing?
Attitude Ⅰ
• Praise be to God that I have wedded five! Of whom I did pick out and choose the best Both for their nether purse and for their chest ……..
Geoffrey Chaucer is the representative writer in the Medieval English literature.
He was regarded as the Father of English Poetry
Famous works： 《坎特伯雷故事集》The Canterbury Tales 《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 Birds) 《贤妇传说》(The Legend of Good Woman )
• 老实说，我不愿完 全守节。我的丈夫 辞别了世界，马上 又一个耶教信徒来 娶我
• When my fourth husband lay upon his bier,
• 我第四个丈夫躺在 棺材里的时候，
I wept enough and made but sorry cheer, ……..
我哭个不停，满脸 愁苦，
The Wife of Bath's Attitude Towards Love
Table of Contents
1 Why we choose this passage 2 Study questions in advance 3 Extracts from the passage
Why we choose this passage?