-精选版the Canterbury Tales 赏析.ppt

At this point, the narrator moves from the general to the specific, saying that one day, in a season such as he has just described, he was in Southwark, staying at an inn called the Tabard and getting himself ready to go on pilgrimage to Canterbury. * That night a group of 29 other pilgrims also lodged at the inn. The group was made up of various and sundry sorts of people who had met by chance and decided to travel together, since they all had the same destination. * After speaking with each one of them, the narrator decided to join their company. But before he tells any more of what happened following his decision, he is going to describe his fellow travelers in terms of each one’s circumstances, profession, social rank and attire. * What do you know about the knight? * How can you get yourselves prepared for this course? Review: 刘炳善：《英国文学简史》， 上海：上海外语教育出版社。 Preview: Read as much material as possible * Middle English Vs. Modern English Pronunciation: Great Vowel Shift: date dart; feet fate; wipe weep; Boot boat; house whose. * Vowels occurring in combination should all be pronounced, as the meter requires: absolucioun. * The final e is frequently pronounced Faire, ryde, endyte * Consonants All consonants in clusters should be pronounced: gnawe, knife write half,halve, folk, palmer * r should be trilled * 1) Iambus (抑扬格): one unaccented + one accented syllable appear besides attack supply 2) Trochee (扬抑格): one accented + one unaccented syllable holy upper grandeur failing 3) Anapaest (抑抑扬格): two unaccented syllables + one accented reappear indistinct incomplete on the hill 4) Dactyl (扬抑抑格): one accented + two unaccented syllable messenger merrily property * Iambic Pentameter: the most important. 3 types of poetry in this meter a)Heroic couplet 英雄对偶句 mainly used in epics (Chaucer) b)Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter, much used in drama c)Sonnet * When I consider how my li