Chaucer Flashcards
His major works, and literary praise and criticisms.
- Who are the contemporaries of Chaucer ?
Closest one William langland.
And second is John Gower.
- Chaucer lived during reigh of
Edward III, Richard II and Henry IV.
- Who called Chaucer “father of English poetry”
The same person says chaucer ‘characters’ — “ here is to God’s plenty”
“father of English poetry” and also “here is to God’s plenty” - John Dryden
- Who described Chaucer
“The well of English undefiled”
Spenser.- well of English undefiled.
- ” With Chaucer Is born our real poetry” who hold this view
” With Chaucer Is born our real poetry” - Mathew Arnold.
- ” Chaucer found his native tongue a dialect and left it a language” whose observes this
Lowes- “ Chaucer found his native tongue a dialect and left it a language”
- “Chaucer is the earliest of great modern”
“with Chaucer born our poetry”
“Chaucer is the earliest of great modern”
“with Chaucer born our poetry” - Mathew Arnold.
- “if Chaucer is the father of English poetry, he is the grandfather of the English novel” who makes this remark
“if Chaucer is the father of English poetry, he is the grandfather of the English novel” - G.k Chesterton.
- How many pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury tales are going on the pilgrimage ?
29.
If added Chaucer 30.
- Which moth did Chaucer pilgrims go on their pilgrimage ?
April the start their pilgrimage.
- How many knighthood in the prologue of the Canterbury tales ?
3- knighthood
- How many ecclesiastical characters are portrayed in the prologue ?
Eight - ecclesiastical characters
- How many women in prologue of Canterbury tales ?
3.
- The main characters of Canterbury tales ?
The wife of bath,
Pardner, Miller , Knight, and the narrator.
- Name the prose in Canterbury tale ?
The Parsons tale
And the tale of malibee.
- Wife of bath from prologue. What is the bath ?
A name of the town to which she belonged.
- Name the inn pilgrims assemble for the night ? Before ridding to Canterbury Cathedral to visit shrine of __________
They assemble at Tabard inn
And ride to shrine of St. Thomas Becker’s at Canterbury.
- The name of host at the inn ?
Harry Bailey.
- How many tales did Chaucer plan to write in Canterbury tales ?
120.
- The total number of tales in Canterbury tales?
24
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over17,000lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between1387and1400.
- “he was as fresh as the mouth of may” this line occurs in the prologue of Canterbury tales.
Whom does this line refer to ?
Squire.
- Which of the following is Chaucer’s prose work ?
a) Troylus and Cryseyde.
b) The Legends of Good Women.
c) Treatise on the Astrolabe.
d) the house of Fame.
Treatise on the Astrolabe - is a prose of Chaucer.
- Chaucer was indebted for his sources with
Virgil
Dante
Ovid.
