Geoffrey Chaucer e le sue opere principali, The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer: Vita e Opere

GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1343-1400) WAS BORN INTO A WELL-TO-DO FAMILY IN LONDON FATHER : WINE MERCHANT BELONGING TO THE MIDDLE CLASS . CHAUCER " > HAD A GOOD EDUCATION , CAREER AND SOCIAL CONNECTIONS START IN LIFE PROVIDED HIM A CONSTANT FLOW OF PRIVILEGES JOBS AND MONEY . HE BECAME KENTIS PARUMENTARY REPRESENTATIVE AND HE ALSO MANAGED TO WRITE AND WORKED HARD AT PERFECTING HIS CRAFT AS A POET ? ^^ TO BE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN LONDON . HE WAS ENGAGED IN POLITICAL MATTERS .

Influenze Europee su Chaucer

THE EUROPEAN INFLUENCE - INFLUENCED BY ITALIAN FRENCH . IN CHAUCER'S TIME FREMCH WAS STILL THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE COURT SO HIS FIRST POEMS WERE INFLUENCED BY THE FRENCH LANGUAGE . . ALSO THE ITALIANS WRITERS OF THE TIME HAD AN EFFECT ON CHAUCHERIS WRITINGS , ABOVE ALL - Dante , Boccaccio , Petrarca

The Canterbury Tales: Struttura e Temi

Caratteristiche del Poema Narrativo

NARRATIVE POEM IN VERSES . ITIS CHAUCER MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT . UNCOMPLETE WORK BECAUSE CHAUCER DIED BEFORE HE ENDED IT . 30 PILMIGRIMS ONE OF WHICH IS CHAUCER HIMSELF ARE TRAVELLING FROM THE " taBard INN " IN LONDON TO , Canterbury ' V LUOGO V LUOGO DI PARTENZA DI ARRIVO LO TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF SAINT THOMAS BECKET venerare sepolcro PIACERE MONDANO TABARD INN IS CONNECTED TO WORLDLY PLEASURE WHILE CANTERBURY WAS A SYMBOLE OF CHRISTIANITY AND PURIFICATION . THE PILGRIMAGE , WAS A KIND OF RESTORATION FOR " BODY > DO IN SPRING > SOUL > THE PILGRIMS ARE INTRODUCED IN THE " GENERAL PROLOGUE , WITH A DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THEM .24 TALES TOLD BY THE PILGRIMS THEMSELVES , INTERCONNECTED WITH A VARIETY OF TONE AND CHARACTER BUT EACH TALE HAS A MORAL MESSAGE. personaggi CHAUCER DIDN'T COMPLETE HIS WORK SO THE RETURN JOURNEY FROM CANTERBURY IS NOT INCLUDED. - viaggio CHAUCER GAVE HIS TALES AN ORIGINAL TWIST BY PUTTING HIMSELF IN THE STORY AS ONE OF THE PILGRIMS

Scelta dei Personaggi e Rappresentazione Sociale

CHOISE Of CHARACTERS { WAS A REPRESENTATION OF THE SOCIETY OF THE TIME , IN FACT ONLY WEALTHY MEN AND WOMAN COULD TRAVEL ( EXCLUDING THE VERY RICH WHO WOULD TRAVEL ON THEIR OWN AND THE VERY POOR WHO WERE NOT FREE TO TRAVEL WERE EXCLUDED ) ritratto = CANTERBURY TALES D WERE THE PORTRAIT OF THE HUMAN TYPES OF CHAUCER THE MEDIEVAL SOCIETY .

Importanza Letteraria e Linguistica

CAN BE REGARDED AS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE (pilastro) in ENGLISH LITERATURE . MARKED THE OF THE STORYTELLING CULTURE . CREATED THE BASES FOR THE MODERN ENGLISH . USES RHYMING COUPLETS IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER . WROTE IN MIDDLE ENGLISH HE ELEVATES THE PRESTIGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Approccio di Chaucer alle Fragilità Umane

CHAUCER Desnit criticize human fragilities and weakness he told us we have to try and accept them .

Descrizione dei Personaggi

CHARACTERS personaggi - REAUSTIC clothes actions - DESCRIBED IN APPEARANCE personality - NAMES REFER TO THEIR PROFESSIONS IN THE SOCIETY

Il Pellegrinaggio: Tradizione e Significato

Le Tradizioni dei Pellegrinaggi

THE PILGRAMAGES - pellegrinaggio GOING ON PILGRIMAGES-A TRADITION IN ALL RELIGION LO IN THE CHRISTIANEINES BECAME POPULAR I 14 TH C.

I Pellegrini e le Loro Motivazioni

PILGRIMS . WENT ON FAITH TRAVELS DESTINATION HOLY PLACES sacro THEY WANTED TO ENSURE SPIRITUAL SALVATION . BECAUSE THEY WERE HOPING FOR A MIRACLE , THEY FELT NEED OF DOING PENANCE OR SIMPLY TO VENERATE OR TO PURCHASE REUCS . MOST WERE RICH PEOPLE , USUALLY CHOSE TO TRAVEL IN GROUPS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST OUTLAWS . WOMEN'S PRESENT NOT ALWAYS APPRECIATE , THEY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH ILLICIT SEX AND OTHER MISBEHAVIOUR I comportamenti sbagliati

Destinazioni Comuni dei Pellegrinaggi

MOST COMMON PILGRIMAGE DESTINATION - ROME , NAZARETH JERUSALEM, SANTIAGO THE COMPOSTELA BETHLEM

Motivazioni Attuali per i Pellegrinaggi

TODAY GO ON PILGRIMAGES FOR 4 REASONS : 1) feeling closer to god 2) having time to reflect 3) get away from everyday life 4) Special sense of belonging to a large community

La Via Francigena

VIA FRANCIGENA € 1800 Km, 850 of WHICH ARE THROUGH ITALY

Il Senso di Appartenenza nella Comunità

R mostrare CHAUCER WANTED TO SHOW THE SENSE OF BELONGING INTO A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WERE STRANGERS BEFORE, sense of Spiritual community

Il Prologo Generale dei Canterbury Tales

Descrizione della Primavera

WHEN IN APRIL ,, RHYMING COUPLETS IN IAMBIC PERMANENT : AB AA BB GENERAL PROLOGUE OF THE CANTERBURY TALES APRIL -D IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RICHNESS AND THE VITALITY OF SPRING IN THE TEXT THERE ARE A LOT OF PERSONIFICATIONS SUCH AS SWEET SHOWER , SWEET BREATH , YOUNG SUN AND " SUN HAD GONE TO REST , LINE 1 TO 11 - DESCRIPTION OF SPRING WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT BELONG TO THIS SEASON

Il Desiderio di Pellegrinaggio

LINE 12 TO 18 - DESCRIPTION OF PEOPLE THAT AROUND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR STARTED TO FEEL THE DESIRE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE.

L'Introduzione di Chaucer

LINE 19 A CHAUCER INTRODUCED HIMSELF FOR THE 1ST TIME UNE 29 - CHAUCER SAYS FOR THE 1 ST TIME HE WAS ONE OF THE PILGRIMS

Descrizione dei Personaggi

UNE 35 TO END -D CHAUCER DESCRIBE CHARACTER FROM HIS MEMORIES professions vole dress

Uso dei Pronomi nel Testo

IN THIS TEXT CHAUCER USES SEVERAL TIMES THE PRONOUNS "you ' 11 TO REFER TO THE READER AND "US " TO UNDERLINE HE IS ONE OF THE 30 PPILGRIMS

Lord Randal: Analisi e Temi

La Fiducia e la Comunicazione

LORD RANDAL TRUST IS THE GLUE OF LIFE. IT'S THE MOST ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. IT'S THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE THAT HOLDS ALL RELATIONSHIPS" LA FIDUCIA È IL COLLANTE DELLA VITA. È L'INGREDIENTE ESSENZIALE E PIÙ EFFICACE PER LA COMUNICAZIONE. È IL FONDAMENTO CHE TIENE UNITE LE RELAZIONI

Origini e Trama della Ballata

TYPE OF FOEM IS A ANONYMOUS SCOTTISH BALLAD CONCEIVED AS A SONG AND TRANSMITTED AS A FOLK BAL COMMONLY BELIEVED THAT THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF LORD RANDAL IS AN ITALIAN BALLAD CALLED IL TESTAMENTO DELL' ELENATO TELLS THE STORY OF A VALIANT KNIGHT WHO MEETS A MYSTERIOUS WOMAN WHILE HUNTING THE WOMAN SERVES HIM A DISH OF EELS > ANGUILLA LORD RANDAL'S DOGS HAVE THEM AND DIE AFTERWARDS , LORD RANDAL'S MOTHER REALISES HER SON HAS BEEN POISONED TOO. avvelenato

Temi Principali di Lord Randal

THE MAIN THEMES IT'S A DIALOGUE MOTHER LORD RANDAL LOVE AND BETRAYAL THE MAIN THEME OF THE POET IS THE TERRIFYING LINK BEET EN LOVE AND BETRAYAL THE COMBINATIONS IS HIGHTENED IN THE POEM BY THE OBSESSIVE REITERATION OF THE OSTION FORMULATED BY LORD RANDAL'S MOTHER AND BY SCENARIO OF FALSITY LOCK OF TRUST AND EXPLOITATION . THE PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY LORD RANDAL'S MOTHER SEEMS HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT HER SON'S PROPERTIES. TYPICAL TRAIT OF MEDIEVAL CULTURE DEATH IMPORTANT THEME SOME CRITICS HAVE UNDERLINED THAT THE REPETITION OF THE REFRAIN PRONOUNCED BY LORD RANDAL'S MOTHER MAY ACT AS A MAGIC FORMULA SHE USES TO EXORCISE DEATH . TO UNDERLINE THAT THE MOTHER'S MAGIC FORMULAS FALL TO STOP DEATH , WHICH LURK IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE POEM THE BREVITY AND ABSURDITY OF LIFE LORD RANDAL IS A DEEP MEDITATION ON THE BREVITY UNPREDICTABILITY AND ABSURDITY OF LIFE BY FRAGILITY AND IS SUBJECT TO ALL SORTS OF TRICK, MANY OF WHICH MAY BE TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPREHEND

Linguaggio e Stile della Ballata

LENGUAGE AND STYLE · DIALOGUE BETWEEN LORD RANDAL AND HIS MOTHER · 10 STANZAS OF 4 LINEAS EACH · NARRATIVE POEM , HAS A REFRAIN · THE END OF THE FIRST TWO LINES OF EACH STANZA IS IDENTICAL AND CREATES A . PLEASENT MUSICAL EFFECT

Testo di Lord Randal

HAVE 'O where ha'1 you been, Lord Randal, my son? And where ha' you been, my handsome young man?' 'I ha' been at the greenwood; mother, mak2 my bed soon, For I'm wearied3 wi'4 hunting, and fain wads lie down6. 3 < MOTHER IS ASKING SOME QUESTIONS STANCO 5 'An' wha7 met ye8 there, Lord Randal, my son? And wha met ye there, my handsome young man?' 'O I met wi' my true-love; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi huntin', and fain wad lie down.' ‹ PREPARARGLI IL LETTO DI MORTE ANGUILLA 10 'And what did she give you, Lord Randal, my son? And what did she give you, my handsome young man?' 'Eels9 fried in a pan; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi' huntin', and fain wad lie down.' AVANZI 'And who gat10 your leavins11, Lord Randal my son? And who gat your leavins, my handsome young man?' 15 'My hawks and my hounds12; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi' huntin', and fain wad lie down.' COSA NE È STATO DI LORO 'And what becam of them, Lord Randal, my son? And what becam of them, my handsome young man?' 'They stretched their legs out an' died; mother, mak my bed soon 20 For I'm wearied wi' huntin', and fain wad lie down.' 'O I fear you are poisoned, Lord Randal, my son! I fear you are poisoned, my handsome young man!' 'O yes, I am poisoned; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm sick at the heart, and fain wad lie down.' CUORE MALATO 1 STARTS HIS ORAL TESTAMENT <1 24 25 'What d'ye leave to your mother, Lord Randal, my son? What d'ye leave to your mother, my handsome young man?' 'Four and twenty milk kye13; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm sick at the heart, and I fain wad lie down.' 30 'What d'ye leave to your sister, Lord Randal, my son? What d'ye leave to your sister, my handsome young man?' 'My gold and my silver; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm sick at the heart, and I fain wad lie down.' 'What d'ye leave to your brother, Lord Randal, my son? What d'ye leave to your brother, my handsome young man?' 35 'My houses and my lands; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm sick at the heart, and I fain wad lie down.' 'What d'ye leave to your true-love, Lord Randal, my son? What d'ye leave to your true-love, my handsome young man?' 'I leave her hell and fire; mother, mak my bed soon, 40 For I'm sick at the heart, and I fain wad lie down.' < He declares he will leave his cattle to his mother, MILK KYE MUCCHE DA LATTO < He will also leave his precious belongings to his sister. < He will leave his houses and lands to his brother. HELL AND FIRE INFERNO E FLAMME < Lord Randal will leave eternal damnation to his Lover.

Personaggi dei Canterbury Tales

Il Cavaliere

(canterbury tales) " THE KNIGHT A REPRESENTED THE BEST OF NOBILITY IT'S THE FIRST CHARACTER INTRODUCED , THERE IS A DESCRIPTION OF HIS QUALITIES. TO DESCRIBE THEM CHAUCER SAY THAT HE HAD FOLLOWED CHIVARLY , TRUTH , HONOUR , GENEROUSNESS, COURTESY . HE FOUGHT IN THE CHRISTIAN AND PAGAN BATTLES , SERVING HIS KING NOBUY there are 3 type of battles: WERE ALSO IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE WORLD 1 MORTAL BATTLES - 2 KNIGHTS OF 2 OPPOSITE ARMISE NOT ONLY IN EUROPE : JOUSTED WAS A FIGHT ON HORSE BACK WITH LANCES. = lance = cavallo Spagna, turkey, north africa. 3) THRICE IN THE LISTS A WERE THE KNIGHT ALWAYS MEN. n c CD POETRY LASCIARECHAUCER INSISTS -D THE KNIGHT VISITS MANY PLACES FOR FOR UNDERLINE HIS QUALITIES, AND HIS PROFESSIONALITY KNIGHT WAS APOLITE CHAUCER NEVER TALKS ABOUT V RESPECTFUL HIS VALOURES DEEDS=imprese V HUMBLE 7 HE HAD QUALITIES OF A " MODEST AS A MAID " = metaphor , KNIGHT AND ALSO A MAN-

La Comare di Bath

THE WIFE OF BATH (canterbury tales) 6 - RITRATTO - REpresent a complex portrait of medieval women - Innovative - because the character is a woman - WRITTEN in IAMBIC PENTAMETER AND RHYMING COUPLETS - SHE TALKS about - marriage LA represent the Femenism - She was over 40 years old and was very attractive > wore expensive clothes LA was very confident and outspoken Lo has free and liberal behaviour = comportamento Seems to defy the concept of women being inferior and dipendent of men > Was a unconventional woman , didn't conform to the norms of the time BATH = city built by the romans " THE WOMAN WAS WORTHY" - metaphor ED HONEST , ABLE TO DO BUSINESS kavioletti SHE WAS VERY GOOD AT MAKING CLOTHES , HER KERCHIEFS WERE OF FINELY WOVEN GROUND 7 EXPENSIVE ¿ tessuto