The

Canterbury
Tales
Reporters:
Jome Lalpo-ut
Reychel Paredes

Etymology
England

name
originally comes from
he term Land of the
Angels which was
translated to Engla
Land in old English.

Map Location

Some of Englands Iconic Spots

Westminster Palace

Tower of London

Windsor Castle

Stonehenge

European Literature

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Europe.
European literature includes literature in many
languages; among the most important of the modern
written works are those in English, Spanish, French,
Dutch, Polish, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech
and Russian and works by the Scandinavians and Irish
.
Important classical and medieval traditions are those
in Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Norse, Medieval French
and the Italian Tuscan dialect of the renaissance.
In colloquial speech, European literature often is used
as a synonym for Western literature.
European literature is a part of world literature.

The Canterbury
Tales
The

goal of the
frame story is pretty
clearly to tickle our
funny bones and
satirize the quirks of
various pilgrims and
social estates.

Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer, is considered to be the
father of English literature. According to a
biographic entry posted by the British
Broadcasting Company (BBC), Chaucer
was the first great poet writing in English.
He had held several diplomatic positions
and had been sent by Edward III on various
diplomatic missions in France, Genoa, and
Florence.
inThe Canterbury Tales, Chaucer writes
about 29 pilgrims and their journey to
Canterbury. The pilgrims engage in a
story-telling competition in which each has
to tell two stories on their way to
Canterbury and two more on their way
back. It is through these pilgrims and their
tales that Chaucer allows the reader to
catch snippets of the medieval life.

Literary Piece (Poem)

BALLAD OF GENTLENESS

The firste stock-father of gentleness,

What man desireth gentle for to be,
Must follow his trace, and all his wittes dress,
Virtue to love, and vices for to flee;
For unto virtue longeth dignity,
And not the reverse, safely dare I deem,
All wear he mitre, crown, or diademe.
This firste stock was full of righteousness,
True of his word, sober, pious, and free,
Clean of his ghost, and loved business,
Against the vice of sloth, in honesty;
And, but his heir love virtue as did he,
He is not gentle, though he riche seem,
All wear he mitre, crown, or diademe.
Vice may well be heir to old richess,
But there may no man, as men may well see,
Bequeath his heir his virtuous nobless;
That is appropried to no degree,
But to the first Father in majesty,
Which makes his heire him that doth him queme,
All wear he mitre, crown, or diademe.

Literary Analysis
Each

Character in the Canterbury Tales

represents a different segment of society in
Chaucers time. By noting the virtues and
faults of each, Chaucer provides Social
Commentary. Writing that offers insight into
society, its values and its customs.

Time and Place

In

April,
with the
beginning
of Spring
in England

Characters

The Knight The procession described in the

general prologue, and history in the first in the
sequence.

The Pardoner Rides in the very back of the

party. And is fittingly the most marginalized
character in the company.

The Wife of Bath Wife has a lot of experience

under her belt.

Theme
Christianit