Ministry of HIGHer and secondary specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Nukus State Pedagogical Institute named after Ajiniyaz
Faculty of foreign languages
Department OF THE English LANGUAGE
AND LITERATURE
on the theme: « The role and importance of “canterbury TALES” in english literature»
Student: Baltabaev Azamat
Scientific adviser: Allanazarova F.
Head of the department: doc.Tajieva A.U.
The Course Paper is admitted to the defence.
Protocol № _____ «____» __________ 2023.
Nukus-2023
Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………..3
CHAPTER I. THE ROLE OF CANTERBURY TALES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE………………………………………………………………………..6 1.1. What are the most important Canterbury Tales..…………………………………-
1.2 Literary analysis on the Canterbury Tales ……………………….......................... 9
CHAPTER II. THE IMPORTANCE OF CANTERBURY TALES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE ……………………………………………………………………… 20 2.1 How important is Chaucer's contribution to English literature and to the English language? ………………………………..……………………….…………………… - 2.2 The Character List of Canterbury Tales…………………………………………25
CONCLUSION ……..………..……………………………………………………... 33
REFERENCES …………..…………………………………………………...……... 35
INTRODUCTION
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and his death in 1400, The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories within a frame story. The frame story involves the pilgrimage of 30 people traveling from London to Canterbury Cathedral to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket. Each character is supposed to tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two more stories on the way back to London. The prize for telling the best story is a free meal upon their return. Since the collection contains only 24 stories, some historians believe Chaucer's work remained unfinished upon his death, while others believe he never intended the collection to include 120 stories. The stories range from humorous and bawdy to moral and contemplative. They reflect the wide variety of characters Chaucer chose, which include a knight, a monk, a carpenter, a merchant, a miller, a haberdasher, a clerk, and a prioress, among others. Chaucer created a vivid cast of characters from all different levels of late-14th-century society. His descriptions of their occupations and clothing provide historians with valuable insight into how people lived at that time.
Writing from so many different perspectives also allowed Chaucer to comment on a wide variety of subjects, including religion, gender, and social change. He did so, in part, by writing in different genres based upon particular characters, including religious legends, romances, allegories, fables, sermons, and sometimes mixtures of these. The Canterbury Tales is also important because of Chaucer's decision to write in English, specifically Middle English. In the late 14th century, French was still the primary literary language of those in power. The Canterbury Tales became one of the first major works of literature to be written in English.
When Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, the printing press had not yet been invented. That meant that it had to be passed down via handwritten manuscripts. Although no manuscripts in Chaucer's own hand remain, over 80 copies that date back to the 16th century have been found, suggesting that The Canterbury Tales was extremely popular in the century after Chaucer's death.
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