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The Canterbury Tales total about 17000 lines Poetic short story collection: narrative poems 120 stories are planned but only 20 of them are complete Prologue mportance of Chaucer Chaucer is most famous for his descriptions of a wide variety of characters. Chaucer is the first important poet who writes in the English language. He is a great master of English. His language known as middle english now is vivid and exact he makes English the language of literature and london dialect the standard English. Chaucer wrote in the London dialect of his day. In so doing Chaucer greatly increased the prestige of the English language Contributions: A. the first to present a comprehensive and realisti c picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gal lery of vivid characters from all walks of life in his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales B introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to replace the old English alliterative verse C.the 4 periods of his writings 1)comedies histories 2 )comedies histories (period of maturity) 2)period of tragedies 4 great tragedies 3period of dramatic romances The 1st period(1590-1595) HenryⅥ,Part[史] Henry vi,Part[更 Henry VI,Part川[史] Richard Ill [5A The comedy of Errors错误的喜剧[喜] Titus Andronicus泰特斯安特洛尼克斯悲 The Taming of the Shrew驯悍记[喜 The Two gentle of verona维洛那两绅士[喜 Love s labour s Lost爱的徒劳[喜] Romeo and Juliet罗密欧与朱丽叶[悲] The 2nd period( 1595-1600) Richard ll理查二世[史] A Mid-Summer Night′ s Dream仲夏夜之梦[喜] King John约翰王[史 The merchant of venice威尼斯商人[喜] enyV亨利四世[史 Much Ado about Nothing无事生非[喜 Henry V亨利五世[史] The merry Wives of Windsor温莎的风流娘们[喜] Julius Caesar裘里斯凯撒] As You like It皆大欢喜[喜] Twelfth Night第十二夜[喜 The 3rd period(1601-08) Hamlet哈姆雷特 Troilus and Cressida特洛埃勒斯与克雷西达忑悲喜] AsWe‖ That Ends Wel!皆成眷属[悲喜] Measure For Measure一报还一报[悲喜] Othello奥赛罗患悲 King Lear李尔王[] Macbeth麦克白斯 Antony and cleopatra安东尼和克莉奥佩特拉[悲 Coriolanus克利奥兰那斯[思 Timon of athens雅典的泰门悲] Pericles佩利克里斯[传奇] The 4th period( 1609-12 Cymbeline辛白林传奇] The wintersTae冬天的故事传奇]