Chaucer is eclectic in classical literature and new literature, and his works are reminiscent of Ovid, Virgil, Levi, poitiers, Petrarch, Dante, Jean de Mohn and other writers.
He once translated the works of some of the above writers into English, which was very popular at that time.
Because printing has not yet come out and there are few books, Chaucer often contacts and grasps ancient documents through oral form.
He took what he needed from other writers' works and recreated it with superb narrative skills, making it an immortal chapter.
His greatest feature is humor. Chaucer's humor is lively, quiet and elegant, or rough and rich.
Introduction:
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400 65438+1October 25th) was a poet, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer. He is known as the father of English literature, the greatest English poet in the Middle Ages and the first poet buried in Westminster Abbey.
Geoffrey Chaucer devoted himself to serving the people and worked as an official, courtier and diplomat.
He wrote The Duchess, Hall of Fame, The Length of a Good Wife, troilus and The Clerics, among which The Canterbury Tales is the most famous.
In the Middle Ages, French and Latin were the main literary languages, and Geoffrey Chaucer played an important role in promoting the orthodoxy of English dialects.
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Chaucer's poetic creation can be divided into three periods:
① French influence period (1359 ~ 1372): mainly translated and imitated the works of French poets, created Mourning for the Duchess, and translated the French medieval long narrative poem Legend of the Rose in London dialect.
② Italian influence period (1372 ~ 1386): The poet was exposed to the progressive thoughts of bourgeois humanism.
The creative works of this period, such as The Hundred Birds Congress, Troy and Clayside, and The Story of a Good Woman, reflect the author's creative attitude and humanistic views in the face of life reality.
③ Maturity (1386 ~ 1400): Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the last 15 years.
He reached the peak of his creation in both content and skill.
Heroic couplets initiated by him were widely adopted by later English poets and were known as "the father of English poetry".
Chaucer's early works were influenced by Italian and French literature.
He introduced knight legends, lyric poems and animal fables from French literature into English literature.
His early work Trollos and Clay Side (1385) has vivid and delicate characters and humorous language.
Since 1377, Chaucer has been sent to the European continent for many times and has been exposed to the works of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio.
The anti-feudal and anti-religious spirit and humanistic thoughts of these writers profoundly changed Chaucer's creative thoughts and began to turn to realism.
Troles and Comisside, a narrative poem adapted from a long poem by Boccaccio, abandoned the tradition of dreams and fables and replaced it with a description of characters and life details in real society. This is Chaucer's first realistic work.
Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales in the last fifteen years of his life (1387- 1400).
This is his most outstanding work.