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1、GeoffreyChaucerGeoffreyChaucer(c.1340～1400),themostprominentliteraryfigureinMiddleEnglishperiodis“thefatherofEnglishpoetry”.2021/7/81Hewasbornofaprosperouswine-merchant'sfamilyinLondonandwasmostprobablyeducatedinOxfordandCambridge.GeoffreyChaucerGeoffreyChaucer'sfamily2021
2、/7/82HeonceservedasapagetoElizabeth,CountessofUlsterandin1367heenteredtheserviceofKingEdwardIII,whomadeChaucerinvolvedindiplomaticerrandsfornearlytenyears.GeoffreyChaucer2021/7/83In1386hewaselectedmemberofParliament,butsoonwasdismissed.In1389hewasappointedclerkoftheKing'sw
3、orksandthenewkingHenryIVgrantedhimapension.GeoffreyChaucer2021/7/84ThetombofGeoffreyChaucerThegreatpoetdiedinOctober,1400,andwasburiedinWestminsterAbbey.GeoffreyChaucer2021/7/85Chaucer'simportantpositionsmadehimknowwelloftheupperclasslife,whilehislifeexperienceinpovertytau
4、ghthimthemiseriesofthelowerclass.However,asamanoftenrubbedshoulderswiththecourtandnobility,healwaysgavemerciestotheseupperclasspeoplewhileexposingthefrailtiesofthem.SuchafeatureisclearlyshowninhismasterpieceTheCanterburyTales.GeoffreyChaucer2021/7/86TheCanterburyTales2021/
5、7/87Chaucer'sliteraryworksareroughlydividedintothreeperiods,accordingtohisthreeperiodsoflife.GeoffreyChaucer2021/7/88Thefirstperiodstretchesfromthe1360stoabout1372duringwhichtimehemainlywroteundertheinfluenceofFrenchliterature,andhechieflytranslatedfromtheFrenchworks,sucha
6、sRomandelaRoseGeoffreyChaucer2021/7/89Thesecondperiodextendsfrom1372to1386whenChaucerwroteundertheinfluenceofItalianRenaissance.HemainlyadaptedworksfromItalian,suchasTroilusandCriseide.GeoffreyChaucer2021/7/810Thethirdperiodcoversthelastfifteenyearsofthepoet'slife:from1386
7、to1400,whenChaucerstoppedbeingthemereinterpreterofotherpoetsandproducedhisownworksoffullmaturity.TheCanterburyTales,oneofthemonumentalworksinEnglishliterature,wascomposedduringthisperiod.GeoffreyChaucer2021/7/8112021/7/812TheCanterburyTalesisChaucer'smasterpieceanditisfori
8、tthatChaucer'snameisbestremembered.TheCanterburyTalesopenswithageneralprologue,whichiscon
