Let's meet Chaucer, the Father of English literature
1) Watch Chaucer's biography and do the
quiz.
2) Launch the timeline of English language and scroll
through the decades. Stop at 1400 The
Canterbury Tales.
http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/timeline/index.html
Open the video (icon at the right top of the pop up)
and answer the questions:
a) What are the main differences between Middle
English and Old English? ,
b) Why is Chaucer considered the Founder of our fair language?
c) Can we be confident of how Middle English sounded?
Why?
3) Browse the following websites and search for the informations required:
Date of composition:
Language:
Genre:
Narrative frame:
Number of stories:
Representation of the characters:
Tone of the narration:
Importance of the work:
Language:
Genre:
Narrative frame:
Number of stories:
Representation of the characters:
Tone of the narration:
Importance of the work:
4) The Canterbury Tales is defined as an estate
satire. Give a definition of it.
5) Write down on your exercise book the names of the characters of The
Canterbury Tales and their main features and divide them according to their
estate. Find an Italian translation for each of them.
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/characters.html (up to the Nun's Priest)- What do their names refer to?
- Which characters do not suit the fixed medieval feudal hierarchy?
- Focus on religious characters. What is Chaucer's attitude towards them?
6) Browse the English history timeline and take notes
of the main historical events happened between 1343 and 1387.
- How could they influence Chaucer's work?
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| from: http://mapscroll.blogspot.it/2009/04/road-to-canterbury.html |
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