Chaucer's works
Chaucer's artistic style began with imitating Italian and French literary works. In his early work Trollos and Clayside, we can see that Geoffrey Chaucer's portrayal of the characters in the book is based on the fables of French knights and animals. Chaucer's artistic style at that time was still full of fantasy and unreality.
Chaucer began to represent Edward III in European countries there, and he began to get in touch with various works. Two of them had a profound influence on his literary works, namely Boccaccio and Petrarch. After reading their works, he was deeply attracted by romantic fantasy literature different from France. There is no fiction in their works, and the characters described are so close to those in reality. Reading their works is like examining your own life.
Since then, Chaucer's artistic style has abandoned the style of fantasy and fable and moved towards the literary road of realistic style. Chaucer usually loves reading. He has been reading classical literature and new literature. In his works, people can easily find the shadows of many writers, such as Li Wei, Petrarch, Poitius and Dante. Chaucer began to imitate their literary works, and then merged and reorganized the parts of their works that could be used in his own works. It is this fusion of the essence of others that Chaucer's artistic style began to have its own style characteristics. Most of his later works are realistic, but he also refers to the humorous characteristics of French literature, which makes his work style very different from the general realistic style.
A Brief Introduction to the Life of English Poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Geoffrey Chaucer is a great poet. He was born in England on 1343. He is the founder of the history of English literature. Under his leadership, English literature began a journey of civilization. Geoffrey Chaucer is not only a noble poet, but also has many professions that serve the people, such as diplomat and courtier.
A portrait of Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer's name means shoemaker in English. It is not difficult to see from his name that Geoffrey Chaucer's ancestors started with shoemaking. In his father's generation, he began to engage in winery business, so his family conditions were very good. When Geoffrey Chaucer was thirteen years old, he was sent to the palace by his father and became the attendant of the son of King Edward of England. Two years later, he was unfortunately captured because he participated in the Anglo-French War. Fortunately, he was redeemed by the king in the second year and continued to be a servant in the palace. Geoffrey Chaucer married one of the Queen's maids at the age of 23. Married Geoffrey Chaucer often represented King Edward III at conferences on all continents in Europe. In this process, he met two people who influenced his literary view-Boccaccio and Petrarch.
Geoffrey Chaucer's early literary works have a strong Italian and French literary color. Because in the early days, he just imitated and created, and did not find his own literary style. Therefore, in his book Trollos and Clayside, based on the French knight, he imitated the French animal fable and portrayed the characters in the book with humor. Until he met Boccaccio and Petrarch, his works began to change. Geoffrey Chaucer stopped telling stories with fables and began to describe life. He portrayed all kinds of characters in real life into his own works and began his road to realistic works.
What do people think of Chaucer?
Chaucer was the first poet in English poetry, and he made great contributions to the history of English literature. Chaucer is highly praised by the British and even writers all over the world. Because he not only opened the road of English literature in Elizabethan times, but also influenced many English literary writers later.
A portrait of Chaucer
No one can replace Chaucer's literary position in Britain, which is the highest evaluation of Chaucer every time. Shakespeare, a great British dramatist, was also deeply influenced by Chaucer's works and created a series of excellent works. Only by studying Chaucer's works deeply can Shakespeare write plays full of satire and humor.
Among the later English poets, Chaucer's heroic couplets have always been used. The evaluation of Chaucer does not need too many words to tell. From his literary and artistic heritage, we can see that Chaucer is an admirable poet. Being able to make Chaucer the father of English poets is also the highest praise for Chaucer. This title means that people recognize and value the literary style he brings.
Although Chaucer lived in poverty when he was alive. It was after Richard began to lead the country that Chaucer fell out of favor and was deprived of his official position. During this painful period, Chaucer wrote a poem to Henry IV, telling him that his situation was miserable.
How the world evaluates Chaucer can also be seen from his burial place. Geoffrey Chaucer, the first poet, was buried in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey in London. This shows the British people's affirmation of Geoffrey Chaucer. The originator of English poetry deserves the highest evaluation and the best courtesy.