Why is Chaucer important... and what types of character does he idealize? also... if anyone could answer this... How does this work use the frame story technique?
2007-01-09 06:19:03 · 3 answers · asked by uhhsure8701 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Chaucer is a bit of a eroticist to say the least. Have you read the Canterbury tales? Chaucer influenced a great many writers with his poetic sexuality. You might have better luck in education or books sections. It was not really mythology.
2007-01-09 06:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by tian_mon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's debate about whether in the Canterbury Tales he idealizes the knight, or is being sarcastic. Can't remember th exact words but he goes on about how 'worthy' he is, whilst saying he's little more than a mercenary (has fought for pagan rulers). Often when Chaucer excessively praises someone he is being sarcastic. He is very positive about the goodness of the country priest in the prologue of the canterbury tales, but interestingly this is one of the more dull and boring portrayals. Seems real life, although less perfect, is more interesting.
2007-01-09 09:46:50 · answer #2 · answered by Nikita21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chaucer's important because he's one of the first authors to write a significantly popular work in actual recognizable English (English authors for several centuries before him were writing in French), and because he wrote about such a huge cross-section of society, when almost all literature before that was only about he upper class.
Have you looked up "frame story?" I'll give you a hint: the TV show LOST uses a frame-story technique. So did THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
2007-01-09 11:29:46 · answer #3 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋