文档介绍：GeoffreyChaucer(1340-1400) —“FatherofEnglishliterature/poetry” 乔叟——英国诗歌之父TeachingAims:1.        Introducestudentstothewriter2.        Familiarizestudentswithideasoftheworkandthelanguagethewriterused3.        GivethemsomeknowledgeofEnglishmetrics1.        charactersofthework;2.        artisticfeatures;3.        Chaucer’sEnglish;4.        EnglishMetricsKeyPointstoTeach:——fatherofEnglishpoetry)Winemerchant’sfamily,rubelbowswithpeoplefromdifferentwalksoflife.(refertoNorth-EastNormalUniversity;lecturenotesforpresentation)’sHisLife(1340—1400).      Frenchperiod(1360’s—1372)1) TheBookoftheDuchess(1369—70)2)  TheRomauntoftheRose1.    InfluencedbyDante,Petrarch,ioTheHouseofFame(1372—80)LegendofGoodWomen(1380—86)2.      Englishperiod(1387—1400)(1372—1385)(1387-1400).      Theplanofthebook29/30pilgrimsinTabardInninspring,Twostorieseachonthewayoutandtwoonthewayback,butonly24talesfinished(pletetales)) generalframeworkagroupofvividsketchesofmedievalfiguresfromdifferentwalksoflife(exceptthehighestandlowest)(depictedwithsatireandhumor)Knight,squire,prioress,landedproprietor,wealthytradesman,drunkcook,humbleplowman,doctor,lawyer,monksofdifferentorders,nuns,priests,asummoner,5husbandsandlovers,asailor,amiller,acarpenter,ayeoman,anoxfordscholar,wifeofBath(mostinteresting),well-to-doindependent,controlovermanTheKnight'sTaleButfortotellenyowofhisarray, Hishorsweregoode,buthewasnatgay. Offustianheweredagypon Albismoteredwithhishabergeon, efromhisviage, Andwentefortodoonhispilgrymage.