英国文学史G-Chaucer课件.pptVIP

The portrait of the nun 1. Whose smile gentle and full of guilelessness: quiet and innocent. Her expression should have been sober and withdrawn, perhaps even forbidding. 2. By St. Loy: It was contrary to the rules of the nun’s order to swear (By Christ) all but as St. Loy himself refused to swear, to swear by him is considered as a “ white ” oath, an innocent oath. She never uses rude language: showing her good breeding, being polite, cultured, refined. With comely air….: gracefully, without straining or grabbing. She was a great delight: The gayest company, very merry and nice. Had her pride, both amiable: She is friendly and gracious in her ways, but she does not unbend far enough to lose her dignity, whether as a prioress or as a lady. The example of her charity reveals Chaucer’s ironic purpose. It shows how badly the nun’s charity and pity are misdirected. Amour: earthly love. No sympathy for the suffering people. Rosery: well-formed, well-shaped. 英国文学史G-Chaucer(2)全文共31页，当前为第26页。 A nun is a religious woman who vows to poverty, purity and obedience, a woman who dedicates herself to the service of God, who vows to live a life of…… Poverty: not pursuing any material wealth. Purity-- chastity Obedience--having to obey the rules set by God. 英国文学史G-Chaucer(2)全文共31页，当前为第27页。 The Prioress?-? Described as modest and quiet, this Prioress (a nun who is head of her convent) aspires to have exquisite taste. Her table manners are dainty, she knows French (though not the French of the court), she dresses well, and she appears to be charitable and compassionate. Chaucer shows us a woman whose real interests lie not with her religious vocation, the service of God, but in a fashionable world, which she knows only by hearsay. There is comic incongruity (disagreement) in the nun, disagreement between her behavior and her sacred calling. She appears more like a fashionable lady than a nun. She is vain, affected, hypocritical, too worldly, failing to live out her oath. Here Chau