THE CANTERBURY TALES
Geoffrey Chaucer
1. Why is Geoffrey Chaucer considered the father of
the English Language?
R/ Chaucer
has being the first author to demonstrate the legitimacy of the vernacular
English language, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England
were French and Latin. He made the English language respectable. Chaucer is best known as the writer of The
Canterbury Tales, which is a collection of stories told by fictional pilgrims
on the road to the cathedral at Canterbury; these tales would help to shape
English literature.
2. What event started the traditional pilgrimage to
Canterbury?
R/ The event started since the murder of Archbishop
Thomas Becket in the Cathedral in 1170, Canterbury has attracted thousands of
pilgrims and this tradition continues to this day.
3. What sort of picture did Chaucer want to portray
about English society through his tales?
R/ He portrays the social and literary tendencies of the
eighteenth century in his poems in the most faithful way, and voices forth its
ideals, hopes and aspirations. Chaucer, can very well be considered they
representative of the world of fourteenth century England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3zUoNG_P_0&list=PL9zid0LkjREGTOTihbMxCivHyJZddx3SS
The Canterbury tales are stories written in middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. Most story collections focused on a theme, usually a
religious one... Chaucer's long poem follows the journey of a group of
pilgrims, 31 including Chaucer himself, from the Tabard Inn in Southwark to St
Thomas à Becket's shrine at Canterbury Cathedral.
The Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest and famous Christian structures in England and it tales about the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtJX0430bQw
