1.GeoffreyChaucer天路历程分析.pptVIP

The Canterbury Tales reflects the entire life of fourteenth-century England, in both the multitude of characters it represents and the variety of literary styles and genres that Chaucer uses The Tales are so artfully fashioned that we often confuse them with life itself 当四月用它甜美的雨水 彻底驱走了三月的干旱， 并用浆汁滋润每根经脉， 任凭其力量使花苞绽放； 当春风用它芬芳的气息 令树林和灌木发出绿芽， 还有绿苗，那初春的太阳 已走完白羊座的一半路程， 小鸟们整天不停地鸣叫， 连晚上睡觉都张着眼睛 （大自然就这样使它们发情）； 这时人们便渴望去朝圣…… （总引1－12）（沈弘译，参见《乔叟何以被誉为“英语诗歌之父”？》，《外国文学评论》2009第3期。 When the sweet showers of April fall and shoot Down through the drought of March to pierce the root [1] Bathing every vein in liquid power [2] From which there springs the engendering of the flower [3] [1] The gentle spring rain penetrates the very roots of the plants. [2] The water of the spring rain moistens every rib of the leaves and endows the plants with its power. [3] With the water of the spring rain flowers begin to blossom. the young sun / His half-course in the sign of the Ram has run: The sun is young because it has run only half way through the Ram, which is the first sign of the Zodiac. The sun runs through the sign of the Ram annually, from March 21st to April 21st. For the zodiac signs, see the following picture. Notes Zephyrus The god of the west wind. the west wind that blows in Spring The Ram March 21 to April 20 古希腊春分点Adventurous and energeticPioneering and courageousEnthusiastic and confidentDynamic and quick-witted On the dark side...Selfish and quick-temperedImpulsive and impatientFoolhardy and daredevil 黄道十二宫视觉图 Notes prioress: (Madam Eglantyne) A nun in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbess of an abbey. 小女隐修院院长或大女隐修院副院长 parson: An Anglican cleric with full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector. 教区牧师英国英车圣公会牧师，在基督教法律下拥有对一个教区的完全的法律控制权；教区长 ? Notes pardoner: A medieval ecclesiastic authorized to raise money for religious works by granting papal indulgences to contributors. 出售免罪符的人中世纪获准出售教会的赦免书而为宗教事务筹钱的神职人员 Thou