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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories built around a frame tale, a common and already long established genre in this period. Chaucer's Tales differs from most other story "collections" in this genre chiefly in its intense variation. Most story collections focused on a theme, usually a religious one.
Key learning points. 'The Canterbury Tales' is a poem written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 14th century. Chaucer creates a group of characters who are going on pilgrimage, and they tell each other stories on the way. In the first section of the poem, Chaucer creates compelling descriptions of each pilgrim.
alive with Chaucer's skills as a poet, storyteller and creator of comedy. The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer,1996 This reading of The Canterbury Tales is in contempoarary English prose to appeal to the student and general reader alike. It tells the story of a pilgrimage to Canterbury in which men and women
This course presents an opportunity to learn more about the wonderful, witty and subtle storytelling to be found in The Canterbury Tales. We will explore the complex and, in many respects, surprisingly contemporary questions posed by Chaucer’s great work, whilst at the same time increasing confidence in reading Middle English.
The Host at the inn, Harry Bailey, suggests that, to make the trip to Canterbury pass more pleasantly, each member of the party tell two tales on the journey to Canterbury and two more tales on the journey back. The person who tells the best story will be rewarded with a sumptuous dinner paid for by the other members of the party.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
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In "The Canterbury Tales," the storytelling contest is proposed by the host, Harry Bailey, to entertain the pilgrims during their journey to Canterbury. Each pilgrim must tell two tales on the way ...
