WHO IS FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY ? GEOFFREY CHAUCER ! GEOFFREY CHAUCER









GEOFFREY CHAUCER ( 1340 - 1400 )



GEOFFREY CHAUCER IS THE MAJOR WRITER OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD ENGLISH LITERATURE HE IS CONSIDERED AS THE " FATHER OF THE MODERN SECULAR ENGLISH POETRY "

CHAUCER LITERARY CAREER CAN BE STUDIED IN THREE PHASES :

FROM A PERIOD OF FRENCH INFLUENCE (LATE 1360's )

THROUGH HIS MIDDLE PERIOD OF BOTH FRENCH AND ITALIAN INFLUENCES ( DURING 1370's AND 1380's )

TO THE LAST PERIOD OF HIS INDEPENDENT USE OF ENGLISH ( 1380's AND LATER ) GEOFFREY CHAUCER ( 1340 - 1400 )

CHAUCER HAD A RELAXED , INQUISITIVE NATURE THAT LED HIM TO ANALYSE HUMAN BEINGS AND THEIR ATTITUDES WITH SYMPATHY , AMUSEMENT AND IRONY THE IMPORTANT WORKS OF CHAUCER ARE :





1. THE BAKE OF THE DUCHESSE





2. THE PARLIAMENT OF FOULS





3. TROILUS AND CRYSEYDE





4. THE HOUSE OF FAME





5. THE LEGEND OF GOD WOMEN





6.THE CANTERBURY TALES





AMONG THESE , THE CANTERBURY TALES IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT MADE HIM VERY POPULAR IN THE MEDEIVAL TIMES

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