The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400) .ppt

The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400) by Geoffrey Chaucer Introduction of Geoffrey Chaucer Introduction of the Canterbury Tales Analysis of this work Contribution by the author GEOFFERY CHAUCER Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) An English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diploma One of the greatest narrative poet of English Father of the English poetry, who made a crucial contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much court poetry was still written in Anglo-Norman or Latin. Course of Chaucer’s Life In 1357, he served as a page to Elizabeth