Chaucer's poetry creation can be divided into three periods: ① French influence period (1359 ~ 1372): he mainly translated and imitated the works of French poets, created The Duchess's Book (1369), and translated the French medieval narrative poem The Legend of the Rose in London dialect. ② Italian influence period (1372 ~ 1386): The poet was exposed to the progressive thoughts of bourgeois humanism. His works during this period, such as The Hundred Birds Congress, troilus and Criside (C. 1385) and The Story of a Good Woman, reflect the author's creative attitude and humanistic viewpoint 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.
Chaucer's broad vision, profound observation and changeable writing techniques truly reflect the life of different social classes, create the realistic tradition of English literature and influence Shakespeare and Dickens.
Canterbury Tales is a novel by Chaucer, an English writer. This painting depicts a group of pilgrims gathered in a small hotel in London, ready to make a pilgrimage to Canterbury. The shopkeeper suggested that pilgrims tell two stories on their way back and forth to see who told the best story. The collection of stories includes 23 stories, among which the most wonderful stories are: love tragedy stories told by knights, knight stories told by Basf people, fable stories told by atonement ticket sellers, animal fable stories told by priests, family disputes stories told by businessmen and touching love generosity stories told by farmers. The works widely reflect the British social life in the embryonic period of capitalism, expose the corruption of the church, the greed and hypocrisy of priests, condemn the asceticism that stifles human nature, and affirm the secular love life.
Canterbury Tales has a high artistic achievement, far exceeding the previous contemporary English literary works, and it is the first model of realism in the history of English literature. The work is a mixture of humor and satire, with a strong comic color. Most of the stories were written in rhyming poems, which had an influence on later English literature. The characters are vivid and the language is lively. Chaucer wrote in the vibrant London dialect, which also laid the foundation for the English literary language. His heroic couplets were widely used by later English poets, so Chaucer was known as "the father of English poetry".
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Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400), a famous British writer in the middle ages, was born in a family of wine merchants. 1359 expedition to France with Edward III's troops, captured by the French army, and redeemed with gold soon. Chaucer was the king's assistant. He was sent to many European countries and visited Italy twice. He discovered the works of Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarch, which played a great role in his literary creation. Masterpieces: Canterbury Tales, Other Works, The Duchess's Book, Hall of Fame, Fowles Parliament, The Legend of a Good Woman and troilus and Christa. Chaucer died in London on 1400125 October and was buried in the "Poet's Corner" in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer's cause of death is unknown. It may be murder. Terry jones, an expert on English medieval studies, once published a book. Who murdered Chaucer? 》。
Chaucer took the lead in writing in London dialect, creating a "heroic two-line style", which had a great influence on the development of English national language and literature, and was therefore known as the "father of English poetry".