Economic and Political background of the age of Chaucer

Chaucer’s art of characterization is both medieval and modern in Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.

Answer: By characterization we mean the presentation of a man inwardly or outwardly through the instrument of language. Chaucer is a poet who brings out the different aspects of a character through creating images and these images are linguistic images. Like Shakespeare and Dickens, Chaucer is also a great master of creating characters. In fact “The prologue […]

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William Langland as a major poet of the age of Chaucer.

William Langland as a major poet of the age of Chaucer. Or Contribution of Langland to the development of English Poetry. Answer: Although Chaucer was the most dominating literary figure in the Middle English literature and his great works constitute the bulk of its glory, the literary history of his age contains some other significant

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Consider Chaucer as the Chronicler of the society of his time.

Or. Chaucer as the Chronicler of the society of his time.Or. “His work reflects his century not in fragment but completely” Discuss.Or. Discuss Chaucerian literature as a picture of contemporary society.Or. Show Chaucer as a representative poet of the Age.Or. “The Prologue: A microcosm of 14th century English society” Discuss.Or. Write a note on Chaucer’s

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