The The Canterbury Tales is a popular work of literature that was written in the 14th century. The novel consists of some 24 stories told by different characters on their way to Canterbury, and it’s one of the most influential works in English literature. The book also contains poems.
The Canterbury tales include many interesting genres such as literary pilgrimage and a road narrative. The Canterbury Tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century and it consists of 24 different stories told by a wide range of different people on their way to Canterbury. The Canterbury Tales is one of the most influential works of literature ever written, and it’s also considered as an innovative novel containing various genres such as a literary pilgrimage and a road narrative. The Canterbury Tales is also one of the first books ever written in English.
The Canterbury Tales was always meant to be told orally, but it wasn’t until centuries later that someone decided to write them down. The Canterbury Tales influenced many other works such as Geoffrey Chaucer’s own work The The Legend of Good Women and Edmund Spenser’s book The The Fairie Queene, which became one of the longest epic poems ever written by Edmund Spenser.
The Canterbury tales include many different characters whose stories are all connected because the characters are on their way to or returning from a pilgrimage trip they made together to Saint Thomas Becket’s chapel in Canterbuy, hence the nickname of “Canterbury tales”. The The The Canterbury Tales is one of the most popular pieces of literature from The Middle Ages.
The Canterbury Tales consists of many genres such as a literary pilgrimage and a road narrative, however it also has poems. The The The Canterbury Tales influenced many other works such as Geoffrey Chaucer’s own work The The Legend of Good Women and Edmund Spenser’s book The The Fairie Queene, which became one of the longest epic poems ever written by Edmund Spenser.
Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a set of stories told in a frame story by numerous characters. The book is a collection of tales written in Middle English during the 14th century. The tales are narrated, for the most part, by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.
In addition to The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls , and Troilus and Criseyde. The Canterbury Tales was not written in chronological order because it focuses mainly on character development rather than plot development. It has been suggested that The Canterbury Tales were supposed to have been written in The Knight’s, The Miller’s, The Reeve’s, The Cook’s and The Man of Law’s order.
Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales as a “triple project” according to Donald Howard , one aspect being a debate between characters about which profession or storyteller produced the best tales, another being an account of an actual pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury Cathedral during Chaucer’s time, and finally a collection of morality tales.
A variation of The Canterbury Tales is Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Legend of Good Women . In this version, only nine ladies are discussed instead of the original twenty-nine. While Chaucer did not finish his book The Canterbury Tales , because he died it was even completed, other authors have completed the book. The most recent version was The Canterbury Tales Continued written by Larry Bensky in 2004.
The purpose of this critical analysis is to connect the reader with The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, which will be done through an evaluation of its different parts including The General Prologue, The Miller’s Tale, The Reeve’s Tale, The Cook’s Tale, and The Man of Law’s Tale. There are two sources for establishing what Geoffrey Chaucer wanted to express in his prologue, the historical-literary context and translations.
The historical-literary context consists of available information about customs, literature, language, politics and religion from Chaucer’s time. The translations consist of The Story of the Monk’s Tale translated by John Lydgate, The Plowman’s Tale translated by John Trevisa and The Parson’s Tale translated by John Lawrence. The historical-literary context for The Knight’s Prologue includes customs surrounding knights, literature surrounding The Knight’s Tale , politics surrounding The Knight’s Tale, religion surrounding The Knight’s Tale.
The tales vary from tales about the love between Troilus and Criseyde, to those that address both social classes as well as those that were created as a parody for other works such as ” The Knight’s Tale” or The Second Nun’s Tale. ” The use of varied storytelling devices enhances the readability of The Canterbury Tales also gives it a sense of freshness even though it was first published hundreds of years ago. The many kinds of stories interspersed make Thea Canterbury Tales a work still considered by multiple literary critics as one of the greatest pieces ever made.
The first tale known as ” The General Prologue” starts off The Canterbury Tales with twenty-nine articles of different people making up a pilgrimage to Canterbury. The names of the characters are unknown as Chaucer leaves them vague, allowing for readers to create their own version of who they are based on physical appearance or occupation. The prologue is followed by The Knight’s Tale that is told by one of the main characters in The General Prologue known simply as The Knight. The tales all have morals and hidden meanings behind them, some more obvious than others depending on how much detail has been included in the story.
The most noticeable theme throughout The Canterbury Tales is unrequited love always ending badly. Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London around 1343 AD during second half of the Hundred Year War between The French and The English. The Hundred Year War was a war where The French and The English were constantly fighting each other with brief periods of peace in between. The Battle of Poitiers was a significant battle fought during The Hundred Years War as it led to the capture of The Black Prince, Edward III’s son who would be released from Prison six years later after paying a ransom.
Geoffrey Chaucer actually joined The Black Prince on his expedition that culminated into The Battle of Poitier as one of the main means for him to gain nobility status. Geoffrey Chaucer worked under King Edward III as a diplomat, customs official, and soldier before serving as a member of Parliament representing Kent in 1386. During this time he also worked on writing poetry, The Canterbury Tales being one of his more famous works. The portrayal of The Knight in The Canterbury Tales is a nobleman with courage and honor who is very chivalrous.
The Knight is the first person to tell a tale after The Prologue and actually helps create order among some of the members of The pilgrimage, notably getting rid of some troublemakers such as The Miller and The Reeve while taking responsibility for what happens to them on their way home from The Pilgrimage by Chaucer. In The General Prologue it describes how The Knight has a “long beard,” which at that time would have been a sign of authority along with showing he was able to protect himself from any danger he might face on his journey.
