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    The document provides an overview of English literature in the Middle Ages or Pre-Renaissance period. It discusses the historical background of 14th century England, including the Hundred Years' War and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It then summarizes Geoffrey Chaucer as the "father of English literature" and his most famous work, The Canterbury Tales, which features a collection of stories told by pilgrims traveling to Canterbury. Finally, it provides a brief overview of English literature in the 15th century, including the rise of ballads and folklore.

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    The document provides an overview of English literature in the Middle Ages or Pre-Renaissance period. It discusses the historical background of 14th century England, including the Hundred Years' War and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It then summarizes Geoffrey Chaucer as the "father of English literature" and his most famous work, The Canterbury Tales, which features a collection of stories told by pilgrims traveling to Canterbury. Finally, it provides a brief overview of English literature in the 15th century, including the rise of ballads and folklore.

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    Literature of Middle Ages

    Pre-Renaissance

    By group 3
    Objectives
    Indicate some main features of England's
    01 historical background in the Pre-Renaissance

    02 Overview of the writer Geoffrey Chaucer

    Detail the content of "Canterbury Tales"


    03
    Overview the 15th century of English literature
    04
    Agenda

    01 Historical Background 03 Canterbury Tales

    Geoffrey Chaucer The 15th century of English


    02 04 literature
    • Historical Background
    Pre-Renaissance
    14th century - Difficult time

    England - Hundred years' war - France

    French Lords want to seize


    Flanders
    (England's wool market)
    Historical Background

    The King need money for the war

    The policy of the Catholic Parliament vote for poll tax


    priests
    angered the peasants

    The peasants' Revolt (1381)


    Historical Background

    led by Wat marched to


    60,000 people Tyler London
    destroyed the feudal castle

    The peasants' Revolt (1381)

    => killed by the King's men


    --------> The Revolt was suppressed,
    but serfdom was abolished
    Historical Background

    At the same time


    3 epidemics of plague

    suffered a real tragedy


    England
    half of population died from the
    "black death"
    Historical Background

    Howeve
    r
    Signs of the birth of new class -
    appeared
    The power of
    the feudal noble & the The townspeople
    Church was still very (craftsmen, tradesmen)
    strong becoming a important
    social force

    The class of bourgeoisie formed


    Historical Background

    The England nation


    was being formed

    English became the


    This stormy
    spoken Language of the
    century
    country

    English literature
    was born
    GEOFFREY CHAUCER

    "father of English literature" or "father of English poetry"

    He was born in London in the family of a wine merchant.

    He took part in the war with France and was taken prisoner
    by the French at the age of 20.
    GEOFFREY CHAUCER
    He held a number of positions at the English king's court and several
    times visited Italy and France on diplomatic missions.

    He got acquainted with the works of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio


    • Genre

    • General Prologue

    • Content

    • Epilogue.
    Genre
    • A collection of stories in verse
    • Planning 120 stories but wrote
    only 24.
    General Prologue
    -The stories are preceded by a Prologue

    -The characters that will tell the stories


    are described
    Content
    -It is the story of a group of thirty people :

    +They travel as pilgrims to Canterbury(England)


    +They come from all layers of society
    +They tell stories to each other to kill time while they travel to Canterbury
    Tales
    English society
    The 15th century
    The century of folklore
    Ballads
    four lines ->
    quatrains

    the sound and


    fourth lines of the
    verse rhymed
    • A favourite legendary hero
    • A tireless enemy of the Norman
    oppressors, of the Church and
    tradesmen
    Thank you for
    listening!
    Resource Page

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