英国文学史及选读3GeoffreyChaucer课堂.pptVIP

Part 3 Geoffrey Chaucer （ 1340-1400 ） 1 Todays targets I. Geoffrey Chaucer II. The Canterbury Tales III. Close reading of “General Prologue 序曲 ” IV. Popular Ballads 歌谣 2 I. Geoffrey Chaucer — “the father of English poetry” 3 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 1. Life: 4 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 Ren