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Literature 5: Geoffrey Chaucer

Literature 5:
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Literature 5:
Geoffrey Chaucer

Slide 1 - Slide

1. Take a guess: When did Geoffrey Chaucer live?
A
12th century
B
14th century
C
16th century
D
18th century

Slide 2 - Quiz

2. Take a guess: Which of the following is not true about Geoffrey Chaucer?
A
He died fighting for the King of England
B
He served as a page & a squire under a knight
C
He became a forester (boswachter) late in life
D
He went on diplomatic missions to France

Slide 3 - Quiz

3. Take a guess: True or False "Geoffrey Chaucer wrote most of his works in Old English
A
True
B
False

Slide 4 - Quiz

4. Take a guess: Chaucer lived during the Hundred Years' War, which was fought between which countries?
A
Britain & Denmark
B
Britain & Norway
C
Britain & Spain
D
Britain & France

Slide 5 - Quiz

5. Take a guess: Chaucer's most famous work, The Canterbury Tales, was written for?
A
The nobility
B
The illiterate peasants
C
Merchants
D
All of the above

Slide 6 - Quiz

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)
- first poet writing in English
- The Canterbury Tales
- first record: 1357 as a page (serves a knight)
- 1359-1360 in France (Hundred Years' War)
- 1366 diplomatic mission to Spain
- marries wife Philippa
- 1368 from page to squire

Slide 7 - Slide

Writing Career
- 1369 John of Gaunt "compose a poem for funeral of my wife"
- Chaucer wrote it in English 
- All poetry at the time was in French
- 1372-1373 diplomatic missions to Florence & Genoa
- Works of Dante & Petrarch (Italian poets)
- Writes several short poems  
- Troilus and Criseyde: tragedy based on Trojan War

Slide 8 - Slide

The Canterbury Tales
- Most important work 
- Written between 1387-1400
- Group of pilgrims traveling together
- Each of them tells a story 
- Wanted to write about two groups, 
   but only finished the stories of one

Slide 9 - Slide

Last part of his life
- 1386 Chaucer moves to Kent
- Member of the Parliament
- 1389 Clerkship of the Royal Works
- 1391 Resigns
- Becomes a forester (boswachter)
- Dies around 1400

Slide 10 - Slide

6. True or False: "Geoffrey Chaucer was the first poet writing in English."
A
True
B
False

Slide 11 - Quiz

7. To which of the following countries has Chaucer not travelled on a diplomatic mission or as page/squire?
A
Spain
B
France
C
Italy
D
Germany

Slide 12 - Quiz

8. Geoffrey Chaucer started his writing career with what?
A
The Canterbury Tales
B
Troilus and Criseyde
C
A memorial poem for a funeral
D
A series of short poems

Slide 13 - Quiz

9. The finished version of The Canterbury Tales has stories from how many groups of pilgrims?
A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4

Slide 14 - Quiz

10. True or False: "Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales very early on in his life."
A
True
B
False

Slide 15 - Quiz

Check the reader:

Literature 5: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Read the background information
- Answer the questions (using the internet)
- Check your answers (see Its Learning)

Slide 16 - Slide