8-Chaucer vs Boccaccio Originale

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CHAUCERvsBOCCACCIO

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TIMELINE


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CONTENTS

CHAUCER

1.LifeandWorks

2.TheCanterburyTales

3.Charactersandstories

BOCCACCIO

1.LifeandWorks

2.Decameron

ChaucervsBoccaccio


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C H A U C E R L i f e a n d W o r k s

BIRTH 1343?,London

MARRIAGE In1360shemarriedPhilippa

TRIPTOITALY 1372-1373,hemetPetrachinFlorence

WORKEDASACLERK 1386Westminster,Windsor,Tower

LASTTENYEARS(from1387) WorkedonTheCanterburyTales

DEATH1400,buriedinWestminsterAbbey-

beginningofpoetscorner

GeoffreyChaucerisconsideredthe

FatherofEnglishPoetryandthe

firstgreatwriterinEnglish.


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C H A U C E R

L i f e a n d W o r k s

Chaucersworkscanbedividedintothreeperiods:

THEFRENCHPERIOD

TheRoumantoftherose

ThebookoftheDuchess

THEITALIANPERIOD

TheParliamentofFowls

TheHouseofFame

TheLegendofGoodWomen

THEENGLISHPERIOD

TheCanterburyTales


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T H E C A N T E R B U R Y T A L E S

ThewaytoCanterbury

TheCanterburyTalesisagroupofstories

toldbythirtypilgrimswhoaregoingto

Canterburytovisitthegraveof

ThomasBecket.


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Canterbury(Durovernumcan^corum)wasfoundedbyRomansneartheRiver

Stour,intheSouth-westofBritain.

Thisholy,celes^alcityisoneofthemostimportantreligiousplaceswhere

pilgrimsgoto.Thepilgrimagesaredue

tothecitysmostfamousbuilding:the

cathedral.

Therearealsotwomonasteriesand

theoldestpublicschoolinBritain.The

townwasdestroyedduringtheSecondWorldWar.


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ThomasBecketwasthearchbishopofCanterburywhowasmurdered

on29thDecember1170

inCanterburyCathedral.

L I F E H A P P E N I N G S

1118:BirthinLondon

1154:WorkedasaChancellor

1162:ArchbishopofCanterbury

1170:MurderedFromthat^me:Thepilgrimagesbegan


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C H A R A C T E R S A N D S T O R I E S

All together the pilgrims are twenty-nine. Thereare men and women,youngandold,fatandthin,uglyandbea^ful,poormenandlords.

Chaucer presents the characters one by one and describes their main

featuresinasimple,precisestyle.

Herethereisalistofthemainones:

Theknight ThemillerThesquire Theparson

Thecountryman Thesummoner

Thenun Thepardoner

Theprioress Thehost

Thethreepriests Thenunssecretary

Themonk Thesea-captain

Thefriar ThewifeofBath

Themerchant Thedoctor

Thecleric Thecook

TheFranklin


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THEKNIGHTTheknightwasaworthy

ofrespectman;herode

aroundtheallworldand

lovedchivalry,truth,

honour,freedomand

courtesy.Hewasanhireling,sohefoughtin

Russia,atAlexandria,in

Prussia,inLatvia,in

Belmarie,atAyas,at

Satalye,ontheMiddle

SeaandatTramissenetoo.Althoughhewas

brave,hewass^lla

carefulandwarmman.


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THEPRIORESSHernamewasMadam

Eglan^ne.Shewasavery

well-educatedwoman;she

couldsingherpraisestoGod

andspeakFrench.Shealso

knewandobservedthe

e^quee.Shewasavery

elegant,fineandsensi^vewoman.Shegaveroastmeat,

milkandfinewhitebreadto

herdogsandshecriedifse

sawamouseinatrap.But

thiswayoflivingiscontrary

toherreligiousfunc^on,

becausesheismoreinterestedinlookinggood

thaninmakinggoodthings

forpoorpeople.


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THEWIFEOFBATHandherstory

Sheisprobablyoneofthe

characterswhoChaucerloved

most,becausehespentalotof

wordsforherdescrip^on.Her

nameisAlyson(orAlys),howshe

saidintheprologue.

OfcourseshecamefromBath.She

hadbeenmarriedfive^mesand

shelivedlongerthanallher

husbands,sosheinheritedalotof

money.Shehadalargeredface

andbeau^fuleyes.Sheiselegant

andfine.Shewenttoalotof

pilgrimages,toJerusalem,Rome,France,Spain,.Ofcourseshe

wasexpertinlove.


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THEPARDONER

andhisstory

IntheCanterburyTalesthepardonerhasyellowhairwithnobeard.Ifpeoplegive

himmoneyheforgivestheirpi^esinname

oftheChurch.Hecarriesobjectslikebones

orclothsandhesaystheybelongedto

saints.Thanktohisdishonestac^vity,he

earnsalotofmoney.


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Threedrunkmendecidedtokillthe

Deathbecauseshehadtakenafriendof

them.

ABarmansaidthem:YouwillfindDeath

nearaoaktree.Thestartedlookingfor

shebuttheyfoundalotofgoldneara

oak.Theydecidedtosleephereandsharethemoneythefollowingmorning.

Theyoungestmanruntobuyfoodand

poisonedwine,theothersthoughtto

murderthethirdman.Whenthisarrived

nearthetree,hewasmurderedandthe

othertwodrankthewine.Theyfound

Death.

THEPARDONERSSTORY


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B O C C A C C I O

L i f e a n d W o r k s

L I F E H A P P E N I N G S

GiovanniBoccacciowasborninFlorence(orCertaldo)inthe1313.

Hisparentswerebankers.

HemovedtoNaplesin1327whereheknewpoliteliteral

tradi^on(tradizioneleerale

cortese)andclassicalworks.

HearrivedinFlorencein1340.Hewasanambassadorforhiscity.

Hestartedwri^ngbusyworks(opereleerarieimpegnate).HecommentedTheDivineComedy

in1373.

Hediedin1375.


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DECAMERON

ThisishismostimportantBoccaccioswork,wrien

between1348and1353.Itis

composedbya-hundred

tales.Sevennoblegirlsand

threenobleboysescape

fromFlorencetothe

countrysidewhereeveryone

tellsastoryeveryday.The

narra^veframeis

Plague.Itputinprominence

thehumanintelligence,

strengthandthelovefor

life.Novelstakesummary

fromMedievalAgeand

urbansociety.Therearethe

descrip^onsofmensquality

inthisage.


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CHAUCERvsBOCCACCIO

TheCanterburyTales Decameron

MiddleEnglish 1387-1400 Wrieninverses Originalnumberoftales:

120,wrien:24

Where?DuringthejourneytoCanterbury

Why?Pilgrimage Whystories?Passthe

^me-compe^^on

Characters:30pilgrims,allsocialclasses

Italian 1350-1353 Wrieninprose Originalnumberoftales:

100,wrien100

Where?AvillanearFlorence Why?Plague Why?Pleasureand

inven^veness

Characters:7ladies,3youngmen,allfrom

aristocracy

Commontarget:usethevernacularasaliterarylanguage


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Languageusedinrelaôntothecharacterssocialposiôn

OpeningwiththeGeneralPrologue:thejourneystartsin

spring,everythingisniceand

colourful

Presenceofclergy

Theauthortakespartinthepilgrimageasawaytogive

realismtothestory

Languagealwayselaborated

Openingwithdescripônofpagueanddrama^c

situaôn

Absenceofclergy

Theauthordoesnttakepartinthebook

Boththeworkshaveanarraveframe

DidChaucermeetBoccaccioornot?


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LorenzoFacco

EnricoFigoni

GuidoLobbia


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