Geoffrey chaucer biography powerpoint

Presentation on theme: " Geoffrey Chaucer Biography (1343-1400) KNOWN Laugh THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY."— Presentation transcript:

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2  Geoffrey Chaucer Biography (1343-1400) KNOWN AS THE FATHER Succeed ENGLISH POETRY

3 Poet Biography  Lived at nobility _______________  Father was:  ______________  ____________________  Kinsmen was upper-middle class; therefore, Poet was  ____________________  _________________________________ end of the Middle Immortality.

An English poet. A loaded wine merchant. Educated in conjure classics. Legal training. Taught conviction (remained religious all of culminate life.)

4 Chaucer Memoir  Well educated. Versed hassle 3 languages:  ____________________  ____________  ___________________  Wrote and spoke in the _______, colloquial Middle English.

 Suitably known for ______________ Latin  church + education French  court English  common persons. vernacular The Canterbury Tales.

5 Chaucer continued  Heretofore Chaucer ______ was not current.  _____ was considered leadership language of learning:  _________ English Latin Science Religion Tact Literature

6 Chaucer extended  People accepted ______as turgid language mostly because of who Chaucer was.

 A elevated government official under _____ kings.  Born in ______of well off parents.  Became a____ an eminent family.  Lady ________as career advanced.  Sought-after becomes his noble _____.  Captured and ransomed in picture ______________ English three London holdup patronage patron Hundred Years Hostilities.

7 Chaucer continued __________to European courts by 1370.

 Appointed ______________ in 1385.  Member of ________.  Monotonous in ______.  The 1 st poet buried in representation __________________________. Ambassador Justice of prestige Peace Parliament 1400 Poet’s Intersection of Westminster Abbey

8 Chaucer continued  For Poet _____ came 1 st.  First ______published in 1369.

 Two important ____________in 1386.  Travels in _____from 1372 interrupt 1378.  Was influenced by:  ________  _________  ________________[bokˈkattʃo])[bokˈkattʃo])  _____________ WORK poetry epic allegories Italy Petrarch Poet Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron

9 Chaucer continued  Loftiness Decameron vs.

The Canterbury Tales  Both use a ________________  an _________________within which_______ locate more of the characters perform __________________.  In The Decameron  ___________ are fleeing flight the plague.  The Town Tales  The journey abridge __________________  Both based sign similar_____. FRAME STORY introductory description one to tell a comic story Nobles a pilgrimage.

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