The Age of Chaucer.ppt

The_Age_of_ChaucerTheAgeofChaucer1340-1400斗铭醚赞魂逗楚迭军获算逼蔽疲喀修夫忌嘴勘帜惨尉返眼札仕运俯札蒸憾The_Age_of_ChaucerThe_Age_of_Chaucer*1Fullwiseishethatcanhimselvenknowe.—GeoffreyChaucerGeoffreyChaucer(1340-1400)(1)TheHundredYearsWar(1337-1453):;.(2)Uprisingof1381:conflictbetweenthepeasantsandfeudallords.(3)1360-1400    :JohnWycliff(威克利夫):the“FatherofEnglishprose”;theleaderofreligiousreformation;():TheVisionofPiersPlowman.《农夫皮尔斯》***(1340?-1400)Birth:1340,awinemerchant’sfamilyRichexperience:Court,Italy,France);Variousjobs:page,diplomat,controllerofthecustoms,justice,knight,kingClerk,civilservantDeath:1400,BriedinWesterminsterAbbeythefirsttoenterthePoets’’sWideLearningagoodknowledgeofFrench,agoodknowledgeofItalian,agoodknowledgeofLatin,knowledgeofastronomy,:JohnofGaunt(贡特约翰),Chaucer’(1320-84);“hurch,’sPoliticalattitude:***’sLiteraryCareer:Threeperiodsoflife:inFranceinItalysettleddowninEnglandThreePeriodsofLiteraryCreation:workstranslatedfromFrench;worksadaptedfromtheIta