[英语学习]英国文学史及选读课件 3 Geoffrey Chaucer.pptVIP

Part 3  Geoffrey Chaucer （1340-1400） Today’s targets I. Geoffrey Chaucer II. The Canterbury Tales III. Close reading of “General Prologue序曲 ” IV. Popular Ballads歌谣 I. Geoffrey Chaucer — “the father of English poetry” born in a rich wine-merchant酒商 ’s family with a high social position studied at Oxford and Cambridge in 1357 served as a count page in 1357 in English army fighting in France in 1367 entered the service of King Edward III and became an ambassador大使，使节 , and his visiting of European countries, esp. Italy brought him with the new tendency趋向，趋势 of the Renaissance in Italian li