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Chapter 3Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) Father/Founder of English poetry literature Chaucer’s 3 Periods of Creation French (1360s-1372) Romaunt of the Rose (translation) Italian (1372-1385):after Dante’s Divine Comedy, Petrarch and Boccaccio, Decameron House of Fame The Legend of Good Women Troilus and Criseyde British (1386-1400) The Canterbury Tales Artistic features Messenger of humanism To affirm man’s right to pursue earthly happiness; To praise man’s energy, intellect, quick wit and love of life; To expose and satirize the social vices including religious abuses The First important realistic writer To present a comprehensive realistic picture of English society; To create a whole gallery of vivid characters from all society; To explore the theme of the individuals’ relation to the society Father of English poetry Introduced from France and Italy the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry such as heroic couplet instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse; Developed his art of poetry; Master of the English language, making the dialect of London the foundation of modern English language, and he is the first poet who wrote in current English The Canterbury Tales Story: a group of pilgrims on the way to Canterbury stopped at an inn. At the proposal of the host of the Tabard Inn each was to tell 4 stories on the way to and back from Cant. Host be the guide and judge, the best teller gets a free supper at the cost of all the rest upon their return to the inn. Should have been 120 stories, but only 24 completed and preserved. Structure: Chaucer’s work consists of 3 parts General prologue (occasion, characters); 24 tales, two of which left unfinished; a separate prologue between two stories with links , comments and quarrels in between Characterization: vivid portrayal of individualized characters of the society and of all professions and social strata except the highest and the lowest. Shows respect for the two landed gentry, the plowman and t