Geoffrey Chaucer Biography

(1343-1400)

KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY

Chaucer Biography

Lived at the _______________

Father was: ______________ ____________________

Family was upper-middle class; therefore, Chaucer was ____________________ ____________________ _________________________________

end of the Middle Ages.

An English poet.

A wealthy wine merchant.

Educated in reading classics.

Legal training.

Taught religion (remained religious all of his life.)

Chaucer Biography

Well educated. Versed in 3 languages: ____________________ ____________ ___________________

Wrote and spoke in the _______ , colloquial Middle English.

Best known for ______________

Latin church + education

French court

English common people.

vernacular

The Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer continued

Before Chaucer ______ was not fashionable.

_____ was considered the language of learning: _________ _________ _________ _________

English

Latin

Science

Religion

Diplomacy

Literature

Chaucer continued

People accepted ______as written language mostly because of who Chaucer was. A high government official under _____ kings. Born in ______of wealthy parents. Became a____ for an eminent family. Noble ________as career advanced. King becomes his noble _____. Captured and ransomed in the ______________

English

three

London

page

patronage

patron

Hundred Years War.

Chaucer continued

__________to European courts by 1370. Appointed ______________ in 1385. Member of ________. Died in ______.

The 1st poet buried in the __________________________.

Ambassador

Justice of the Peace

Parliament

1400

Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey

Chaucer continued

For Chaucer _____ came 1st. First ______published in 1369. Two important ____________in 1386. Travels in _____from 1372 to 1378.

Was influenced by: ________ _________ ________________[bokˈkattʃo])

_____________

WORK

poems

epic allegories

Italy

Petrarch

DanteGiovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron

Chaucer continued

The Decameron vs. The Canterbury Tales Both use a ________________

an _________________within which_______ or more of the characters proceed __________________.

In The Decameron ___________ are fleeing from the plague.

The Canterbury Tales The journey is __________________

Both based on similar_____.

FRAME STORY

introductory narrative one to tell a story

Nobles

a pilgrimage.

plots

“The Canterbury Tales”

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