WHO IS FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY ?
GEOFFREY CHAUCER !
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| GEOFFREY CHAUCER |
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 )
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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SOURCE :- MY MAJOR ENGLISH TEXT BOOK
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