2.  Geoffrey Chaucer Biography (1343-1400) KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY

3. Chaucer Biography  Lived at the _______________  Father was:  ______________  ____________________  Family was upper-middle class; therefore, Chaucer was  ____________________  _________________________________ end of the Middle Ages. An English poet. A wealthy wine merchant. Educated in reading classics. Legal training. Taught religion (remained religious all of his life.)

4. Chaucer Biography  Well educated. Versed in 3 languages:  ____________________  ____________  ___________________  Wrote and spoke in the _______, colloquial Middle English.  Best known for ______________ Latin  church + education French  court English  common people. vernacular The Canterbury Tales.

5. Chaucer continued  Before Chaucer ______ was not fashionable.  _____ was considered the language of learning:  _________ English Latin Science Religion Diplomacy Literature

6. Chaucer continued  People accepted ______as written language mostly because of who Chaucer was.  A high government official under _____ kings.  Born in ______of wealthy parents.  Became a____ for an eminent family.  Noble ________as career advanced.  King becomes his noble _____.  Captured and ransomed in the ______________ English three London page patronage patron Hundred Years War.

7. Chaucer continued __________to European courts by 1370.  Appointed ______________ in 1385.  Member of ________.  Died in ______.  The 1 st poet buried in the __________________________. Ambassador Justice of the Peace Parliament 1400 Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey

8. Chaucer continued  For Chaucer _____ came 1 st.  First ______published in 1369.  Two important ____________in 1386.  Travels in _____from 1372 to 1378.  Was influenced by:  ________  _________  ________________[bokˈkattʃo])[bokˈkattʃo])  _____________ WORK poems epic allegories Italy Petrarch Dante Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron

9. Chaucer continued  The Decameron vs. The Canterbury Tales  Both use a ________________  an _________________within which_______ or more of the characters proceed __________________.  In The Decameron  ___________ are fleeing from the plague.  The Canterbury Tales  The journey is __________________  Both based on similar_____. FRAME STORY introductory narrative one to tell a story Nobles a pilgrimage. plots

10. “The Canterbury Tales”  http://youtu.be/SuaQzKPIf9o http://youtu.be/SuaQzKPIf9o