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The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) Middle English Major Literary Work

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The Canterbury TalesBy

Geoffrey Chaucer(1340-1400)

Middle English Major Literary Work

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The Canterbury Tales

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Symbols

Springtime

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Symbols

Clothing

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Symbols

Physiognomy

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The Tale

The Narrator

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The Tale

The General Prologue

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The Tale

The Knight

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The Tale

The Wife of Bath

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The Tale

The Squire

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The Tale

The Pardoner

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The Tale

The Prioress 

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ThemesThe Pervasiveness of Courtly Love

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ThemesThe Importance of Company

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ThemesThe Corruption of the Church

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TechniqueRomantic Adventure: Like the

knight’s and the squire’s taleFabliaux: a short metrical

tale, usually humorous.Saint’s Biographies

Animal Fables: short tales to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters.

Religious Allegories: representations of abstract or spiritual meanings through concrete or material forms.

Sermon

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TonePious and moralistic tales(earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations)

Indecent and vulgar sexual farces(ridiculous situations in which everything goes wrong)

Fabliaux: A younger wife has an affair with a man with a flexible social status (The Miller’s Tale)

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Norman Wife

King Ethelred(1002)

Before The Norman Conquest

Edward

1066

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William

The Norman Conquest

Edward Godwin

Harold

1066

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Political aspects in ME period Feudalism = unfair & out of date laws and customs

Lords, Vassals, Fiefs

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William the Conqueror (King)

Lord John (King’s vassal)

Knights (Lord’s vassals)

20 manors as fief

One manor

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Political aspects in ME period The Hundred Years War

England VS. FranceEdward III

1337

1453

116 years

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Political aspects in ME period

• Edwardian war

• Carolinian war

• Lancastrian war

The Hundred Years War

• Joan of Arc (1429)

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Political aspects in ME period The Black Death

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Political aspects in ME period The Peasant Revolt

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Political aspects in ME period The Crusades

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Political aspects in ME period Magna Carta

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Political aspects in ME period Restoration and Reformation

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Political aspects in ME period Restoration and Reformation

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The Main Influences in the ME Period

FrenchFirst Stage (before 1250):• Only 900 words

• French Nobility: baron, noble, servant

• Literature: story, rhyme

• The church

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The Main Influences in the ME Period

FrenchSecond Stage (after 1250):• Upper Class started to use English

• Government: crown, empire, traitor, treason

• Rank: prince, princess

• Feudal System: vassal, manor

• Church: religion, sermon, baptism• Rank: clerk, friar, hermit

• Courts: crime, sue, accuse, innocent, just

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The Main Influences in the ME Period

FrenchSecond Stage (after 1250):• Army: army, enemy, battle, combat

• Social Life: attire, cape, gown,• Colors: scarlet, blue, brown• Stones: pearl, sapphire, diamonds• English table: dinner, supper, salmon sugar, biscuit

• Domestic Life: chair, couch • Art: tragedy, romance, poet

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The Main Influences in the ME Period

Old English• expanding vocabulary by using prefixes and suffixes

• prefix for-: forhang, forcover, forbar • forget, forswear

• prefix with-: withdraw

• suffix –red: hatred, kindred

• suffix –dom: kingdom and freedom.