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* ☆Introduction to the writer (Geoffrey Chaucer and his literary career) ☆Introduction to the Canterbury Tales (Background information and introduction of the 30 pilgrims) ☆The General Prologue (The original text and translation) ☆Analysis of the writing style, theme and the importance ☆Analysisi of the Knight (Four main qualities and characteristics) Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of the English Poetry, and one of the greastest narative poets of England, was born in London in or about the year 1340 and died in 1400. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, a place has since become konwn as the Poets Corner. Chaucers Literary Career: The works of Chaucer can be divided into three periods. (in relation to the three stages of his life) ◆During the first period (1360-1373), Chaucer was infliuenced by the leading French poets of his day such as Guillaume de Machaut and Jean Froissart. ◆In the second period (1372-1386), Chaucer was under the influence of Italian literature. (Troilus and Criseide) ◆The third period covers the last 15 years of Chaucers life (1386-1400). The Canterbury Tales, his most famous and critically acclaimed work was written in this period. The Canterbury Tales, as Chaucer’s masterpiece, includes a general prologue which is acclaimed to be the best part of the book, and 24 tales. In the general prologue, the poet begins his story: one day in spring, the narrator joins a group of pilgrims at the Tabard Inn, a tavern in Southwark, near London. The same destination to the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas becket in Canterbury gets all these people together at the inn owned by a man called Harry Bailey. Being a hearty man, Harry the host joins the pilgrims and proposes a way to entertain one another two on the way back. The person who has provided the best tales-the host being the judge-will receive a meal (paid by the other pilgrims) at the host’s tavern. This proposal is accepted and the pil