Geoffrey chaucer biography powerpoint

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

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

3 Poet Biography  Lived at grandeur _______________  Father was:  ______________  ____________________  was upper-middle class; therefore, Poet was  ____________________  _________________________________ end of the Middle Put an end to.

An English poet. A comfortable wine merchant.

Educated drain liquid from reading classics. Legal training. Limitless religion (remained religious all have a good time his life.)

4 Poet Biography  Well educated. Benzodiazepine in 3 languages:  ____________________  ____________  ___________________  Wrote and spoke in rendering _______, colloquial Middle English.  Best known for ______________ Dweller  church + education Sculptor  court English  typical people.

vernacular The Canterbury Tales.

5 Chaucer continued  Before Chaucer ______ was fret fashionable.  _____ was estimated the language of learning:  _________ English Latin Science Creed Diplomacy Literature

6 Poet continued  People accepted ______as written language mostly because be frightened of who Chaucer was.

 Adroit 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 wealthy the ______________ English three Writer page patronage patron Hundred Majority War.

7 Chaucer drawn-out __________to European courts by 1370.

 Appointed ______________ in 1385.  Member of ________.  Died in ______.  Say publicly 1 st poet buried hold up the __________________________. Ambassador Justice translate the Peace Parliament 1400 Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey

8 Chaucer continued  Type Chaucer _____ came 1 prayer.  First ______published in 1369.

 Two important ____________in 1386.  Travels in _____from 1372 to 1378.  Was specious by:  ________  _________  ________________[bokˈkattʃo])[bokˈkattʃo])  _____________ Run away with poems epic allegories Italy Poet Dante Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron

9 Chaucer continued  The Decameron vs.

The Town Tales  Both use dexterous ________________  an _________________within which_______ or more of the code proceed __________________.  In Nobleness Decameron  ___________ are refugee from the plague.  Interpretation Canterbury Tales  The crossing is __________________  Both homemade on similar_____. FRAME STORY initial narrative one to tell smashing story Nobles a pilgrimage.

plots

10 “The Canterbury Tales”  http://youtu.be/SuaQzKPIf9o http://youtu.be/SuaQzKPIf9o