Contents Introduction I. Poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer

Contents
Introduction…………………………………………..………………………..….3
I. Poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer …………………………..…………………….…5
1. Characteristics of Chaucer’s works ………………………..……………………5
2. Lyric poems …………………………………………………..……………..…10
3. Analysis of the poems of Geoffrey Chaucer ……………………..……………14
Conclusion …………………………………………………………..………...…27
Glossary…………………………………………………………………………..29
References ……………………………………………………………..…………31

Introduction
Today, the demand to learn a foreign language is increasing day by day and the study of foreign languages is of great importance in strengthening international relations and diplomatic relations. The role of literature in the process of language learning is unique. Through literary texts it is possible to study not only the language, but also the culture of other countries. As Shavkat Mirziyoyev said: “Today we are laying the foundation for a new era of development in Uzbekistan. In this process, our closest assistants are teachers and mentors, scientific and creative intelligentsia. In his works named New Uzbekistan with a great future he reclaimed: If we fail to change the learning methodology in schools, neither will the quality of education transform.”¹
The actuality of the course paper. It is certainly a difficult task to write about Geoffrey Chaucer and his literary legacy. For over five hundred years scholars have dedicated innumerable pages to the life and work of the "father of English literature". Who might ever pretend to have read all that has been written about this singular genius? That is why any bibliography regarding Chaucer is always incomplete.
The aim of the course work. Whenever a researcher narrows the field of research, he needs to establish what has not been sufficiently studied. As I said in the previous paragraph, in the case of such an important writer as Chaucer is, it is hard to find such a subject that has eluded the insatiable thirst of knowledge of about ten generations of scholars. A difficult task indeed, however it is not impossible. Judging according to the books to which I have had access in the last years in Romania and abroad, it is possible to see the following: Most books deal with such subjects as, life of Geoffrey Chaucer and description of his work; classification of the different stories of Canterbury Tales; innovations in Chaucer's writings, intertextuality and other problems regarding style; historic correspondences; parallelisms with other European literatures; certain European Medieval traditions and social phenomena, especially courtly love, as reflected in Chaucer's works; problems of language.