what is the Canterbury Tales about ?

+Canterbury Tales is a
collection of stories. Two
written in prose and the rest
are written in verse
+All the stories are
contained inside a frame tale
which are told by several
pilgrims
+Some of the tales are
serious and others comical
+The themes of tales vary,
and include topics such as
courtly love, treachery and
avarice
 Themes and Genres
 The themes of the tales vary, and include
topics such as courtly love, treachery, and
avarice.
 Religious malpractice is a major theme.
 Also, focusing on the division of the three
estates (nobility, clergy, and commoners)
are a big part of the tales.
 The genres also vary, and include
romance, Breton lai, sermon, beast fable,
and fabliaux.
Significance of The Canterbury Tales
 It is the first poem written in the English
language.
 It is therefore given much credit for
inventing modern English.
 It recorded words and phrases that were
commonly spoken but were never put
down on paper before.
 Chaucer is considered the model and
inspiration for the English poetry that
followed him.
What should you notice while reading poem
The Canterbury Tales ?
 One of the reasons Chaucer is so important is that he made
the decision to write in English and not French. In the
centuries following the Norman invasion, French was the
language spoken by those in power. The Canterbury
Tales was one of the first major works in literature written in
English.
 The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of
Caunterbury) is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over
17,000 lines written in Middle English.
 The style of The Canterbury Tales is characterized by
rhyming couplets. Poetry – rhyming couplets in iambic
pentameter. That means that every two lines rhyme with each
other.
 Quá dài, dùng key words sẽ ổn hơn
 II. THE AUTHOR WRITTEN
BEOWULF & THE STORY
BEOWULF
 SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR (cái này
là tác giả mà):
◦ Beowulf written by
Anglo Saxon poet (viết kiểu
này thấy ko ổn cả về
grammar lẫn meaning).
 BEOWULF
• The first person printed edition was Thorkelin (1752
– 1829) (ko cần thiết)
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
(1892 – 1973) (ko cần thiết)
Sumarize the Beowulf
 Beowulf was a glorious epic of British,
was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet
composing in the range from 8 to 11.
 Beowulf is the hero of the Geats to help
the Hrothgar, king of the Danes
The Hrothgar’s Hall ( Heorot) The Monster Gendel
Beowulf fight with Grendel Beowulf fight with Grendel’s mother

Fight : chia thì

Beowulf fight with a fire – breathing dragon to defend his
country
Fight : chia thì
 III. SOMETHING ABOUT THE
GEOFREY CHAUCER
 Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400)
was a professional courtier, a kind
of civil servant.
 He was born into a family of
wine traders.
 His work took him to Kent
(which he represented in Parliament
from 1386) to France, and twice to Italy.
GEOFREY CHAUCER
 While he achieved fame during his
lifetime as an author, philosopher, 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 are The Book of the Duchess,
Màu The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women and
nhạt Troilus and Criseyde. He is best known today for The
quá Canterbury Tales - a collection of stories told by
fictional pilgrims on the road to the cathedral at
Canterbury; tales that would help to shape English
literature.
 Những phần màu đỏ là bị sai về chính tả
hoặc thì.
 Historical Background đâu? Mối liên hệ giữa
nó và tác phẩm được chọn là có hay ko?
 The Canterbury Tales có nội dung gì? Gồm
bnhiu nhân vật?
 Đoạn thơ Prologue về Canterbury Tales chưa
được đề cập đến và phân tích (không gian,
thời gian, những chi tiết nào trong đoạn thơ
minh họa cho điều đó. Con người có xuất
hiện trong bài thơ ko?)