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Literature 6: The Canterbury Tales

Literature 6: 
The Canterbury Tales
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Literature 6: 
The Canterbury Tales

Slide 1 - Slide

1. Take a guess: The travellers in The Canterbury Tales travel to Canterbury, but where do they come from?
A
Sheffield
B
Glasgow
C
Leicester
D
London

Slide 2 - Quiz

2. Take a guess: The Canterbury Tales was written in what language?
A
Old English
B
Middle English
C
Old French
D
Middle French

Slide 3 - Quiz

3. Take a guess: How many stories are there in The Canterbury Tales?
A
10
B
14
C
21
D
24

Slide 4 - Quiz

4. Take a guess: The Canterbury Tales is one big story that connects to series of other stories. What is this called?
A
Frame narrative
B
Web narrative
C
Box narrative
D
Casing narrative

Slide 5 - Quiz

5. Take a guess: True or False "Geoffrey Chaucer never finished The Canterbury Tales because he died."
A
True
B
False

Slide 6 - Quiz

The Canterbury Tales
- One of the few well preserved works in Middle English
- Group of pilgrims from London to Canterbury
- Innkeeper: each pilgrim tells 2 stories to pass the time
- Best story: free supper 
- Chaucer as a narrator introduces each pilgrim
- Various types: rude, moral, humorous, etc. 

Slide 7 - Slide

Importance
1. Written in English instead of French
            - French was the language of those in power
            - English meant a larger audience
2. The work says a lot about the English medieval society
            - Description of the pilgrims
            - Customs and practices at the time 

Slide 8 - Slide

Creation of The Canterbury Tales
- Started in 1387 until his death in 1400
- Original work doesn't exist anymore
- More than 80 copies survive
- Must have been very popular
- For many other texts only a couple of texts survive
- Story wasn't complete: only one group of pilgrims
- 29 travellers and tales

Slide 9 - Slide

6. True or False: "Chaucer is both the author as well as a character in The Canterbury Tales."
A
True
B
False

Slide 10 - Quiz

7. What does the pilgrim with the best story get?
A
A new sword
B
A valuable book
C
A free supper
D
A loaf of bread

Slide 11 - Quiz

8. Which of the following is not a reason for why the Canterbury Tales is so important?
A
It was written in English instead of French
B
It was written during the Hundred Years' War
C
The work says a lot about medieval society

Slide 12 - Quiz

9. The Canterbury Tales contains stories about how many travellers?
A
24
B
29
C
32
D
36

Slide 13 - Quiz

10. How many copies of the Canterbury Tales have survived?
A
50
B
70
C
80
D
100

Slide 14 - Quiz

Check the reader:

Literature 6: The Canterbury Tales
- Read the background information
- Answer the questions (using the internet)
- Check your answers (see Its Learning)

Slide 15 - Slide