Chapter III The Age of Chaucer Ft 1350-1400 2021/223
2021/2/23 1 Chapter Ⅲ The Age of Chaucer 1350-1400
1. Historical background s(1)The Hundred Years War: The result of the war was an awakening of national consciousness in England. And the French language was gradually replaced by English native tongue (2)The peasant uprising of 1381: It was the/. result of the conflict between the peasants and feudal lords .(3) 1360-1400 The summit of Middle English i4 Iterature 2021/223 2
2021/2/23 2 1. Historical background: ❖ (1) The Hundred Years War: The result of the war was an awakening of national consciousness in England. And the French language was gradually replaced by English native tongue. ❖ (2) The peasant uprising of 1381: It was the result of the conflict between the peasants and feudal lords. ❖ (3) 1360-1400 The summit of Middle English literature:
2. The two contemporaries of Chaucer s John Wycliff The Father of English prose??. He translated the Bible into middle english William Langland The vision of Piers plowman. An allegory: 3 2021/223
2021/2/23 3 2. The two contemporaries of Chaucer: ❖ John Wycliff: The “Father of English prose”. He translated the Bible into Middle English. ❖ William Langland: The Vision of Piers Plowman. An allegory
3. Geoffrey Chaucer (ca 1343-1400) 令Life Born urban middle class: In the service of the ruling class; The diplomatic mission that sent Chaucer to Italy in 1372 was a milestone in his literary development. He had direct contact with the Italian Renaissance. Perhaps he acquired manuscripts of works by Dante, Patriarch, and Boccaccio 2021/223 4
2021/2/23 4 3. Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400) ❖ Life: Born urban middle class； In the service of the ruling class； The diplomatic mission that sent Chaucer to Italy in 1372 was a milestone in his literary development. He had direct contact with the Italian Renaissance. Perhaps he acquired manuscripts of works by Dante, Patriarch, and Boccaccio
4. The Canterbury Tales. *(1)The Canterbury Tales is one of the t landmarks of English literature, perhaps /the greatest work produced in Middle English *s The structure of The Canterbury Tales is indebted to boccaccio's Decameron 2021/223
2021/2/23 5 4. The Canterbury Tales: ❖ (1) The Canterbury Tales is one of the landmarks of English literature, perhaps the greatest work produced in Middle English; ❖ The structure of The Canterbury Tales is indebted to Boccaccio's Decameron;