chaucer ballad 乔梭与其抒情文.pptVIP

Books to read in this term;The first great poet who wrote in the current English language. His production of so much excellent poetry is an important factor in establishing English as the literary language of the country. And he made the dialect of London the foundation for Modern English speech. That’s why John Drydon called him “the Father of English Poetry.” ;Literary Career;b.The second period (1372-1385) In this period the poet’s own creativeness shows itself through borrowed themes (from the great literary geniuses of early Renaissance in Italy: Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio). “The Legend of Good Women” “The House of Fame” “The Parliament of Fowls” “Troilus and Criseyde” (from “Filostrato” by Boccaccio);c. The third period (1386-1400) In this period, he produced works of full maturity and originality, free from any dominant foreign influence (his own choice of subject, his own grasp of character, his own diction and plot) “The Canterbury Tales”;Originally, Old English poems are mainly alliterative verses with few variations. Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace it. In The Canterbury Tales, he employed heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.;A heroic couplet is two consecutive rhyming lines in an iambic pentameter, forming in many poems a complete metrical unit. ;Notes: 诗歌的格律和韵律;（3）?扬抑抑格(dactyl): 由一个重读音节和两个非重读音节组成 /ˇˇ 如： Here we are, merrily, flattery. （4）?抑抑扬格(anapest): 由两个非重读音节和一个重读音节组成ˇˇ/ 如： seventeen, with a leap。 （5）?扬扬格(spondee): 由两个重读音节组成 / / 如：football, three men;3、诗行一般包含一个或多个音步，常见的有： monometer单音步； diameter双音步； trimeter三音步； tetrameter四音步； pentameter五音步； hexameter六音步； heptameter七音步； octameter八音步;Examples：;韵律 rhyme;refrain叠句;The Canterbury Tales;The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400) is Chaucer’s masterpiece and one of the monumental works in English literature. The whole poem is a collection of tales and s