Chaucer was the first great poet writing in English, whose best-known work is ‘The Canterbury Tales’. Geoffrey Chaucer was born between 1340 and 1345, probably in London. His father was a prosperous wine merchant. We do not know any details of his early life and education. In 1357, he was a page to Elizabeth, Countess […]
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Answer: By characterization we mean the presentation of a man inwardly or outwardly through the instrument of language. Chaucer is a poet who brings out the different aspects of a character through creating images and these images are linguistic images. Like Shakespeare and Dickens, Chaucer is also a great master of creating characters. In fact “The prologue
Why Chaucer is called the father of English poetry? Or What solid contribution did he make to English poetry, drama and novel? Or “Chaucer is the earliest of the great moderns.” -Discuss. Answer: Chaucer symbolizes, as no other writer does, the Middle Ages. He stands in much the same relation to the life of his
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William Langland as a major poet of the age of Chaucer. Or Contribution of Langland to the development of English Poetry. Answer: Although Chaucer was the most dominating literary figure in the Middle English literature and his great works constitute the bulk of its glory, the literary history of his age contains some other significant
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Discuss the social picture of the age of Chaucer. Or, Give a pen picture of the age of Chaucer. Or, Attempt an appreciation of Chaucer as a representative poet of his age. And Comment on Chaucer’s use of wit and humor in his poetry. Write a Note on Chaucer’s wit and humor. Answer-1: Geoffrey Chaucer
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Answer: Father of verse! who in immortal songFirst taught the Muse to speak English tongue. It is somewhat idle to talk of “fathers” in the history of literature, for it is questionable if a particular person can be wholly credited with in the founding of a new literary genre. Literature is generally subject to the
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Or. Chaucer as the Chronicler of the society of his time.Or. “His work reflects his century not in fragment but completely” Discuss.Or. Discuss Chaucerian literature as a picture of contemporary society.Or. Show Chaucer as a representative poet of the Age.Or. “The Prologue: A microcosm of 14th century English society” Discuss.Or. Write a note on Chaucer’s
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The age of Chaucer: the period of Ruin and Reconstruction. Or The salient features of the age of Chaucer or the late 14th century. Or Social, Religious, Economic and Political background of the age of Chaucer. Answer: The fourteenth century brightly opened for industrial England but the glory was overtaken by plague, the Black Death
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The Pervasiveness of Courtly Love The phrase “courtly love” refers to a set of ideas about love that was enormously influential on the literature and culture of the Middle Ages. Beginning with the Troubadour poets of southern France in the eleventh century, poets throughout Europe promoted the notions that true love only exists outside of
Canterbury Tales By characterization we mean the presentation of a man inwardly or outwardly through the instrument of language. Chaucer is a poet who brings out the different aspects of a character through creating images and these images are linguistic images. Like Shakespeare and Dickens, Chaucer is also a great master of creating characters. In fact “The
