The Wife of Bath巴斯妇.ppt

The Wife of Bath's Attitude Towards Love
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Why we choose this passage
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Study questions in advance
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Why we choose this passage?
Geoffrey Chaucer is the representative writer in the Medieval English literature.
He was regarded as the Father of English Poetry
Famous works:
《坎特伯雷故事集》The Canterbury Tales
《公爵夫人之书》(Book of the Duchess)、
《声誉之宫》(The House of Fame)、
《百鸟会议》(The Parliament of Birds)
《贤妇传说》(The Legend of Good Woman )
《坎特伯雷故事集》(The Canterbury Tales)
The Canterbury Tales
1. It has 24 stories.
is the description of the pilgrims(朝圣者)who tell stories.
3. It is about the life of ordinary people.
consists of the prologues(序言) of the pilgrims and their tales.
5. It gives vivid characters, with humor and satire.
The Tales
The famous ones are the story of :
1) the wife of Bath(巴斯夫人),
2) the Knight(骑士),
3) the Pardoner(卖赎罪卷者),
4) the Nun’s Priest(尼姑的教士),
5) the Prologue(序诗).
The Wife of Bath 巴斯妇
The wife of Bath shows Chaucer’s keen observation. She is light-hearted, merry, somewhat vulgar (粗俗的), and exceedingly talkative.
She had married five times. Her first three husbands were old but wealthy; She was in charge of forth one was tortured to death by her. At last,she fell in love with a poor young man.
It is a vivid sketch (概述) of a woman of the middle class, and a colorful picture of the domestic life of that class in Chaucer’s day.
The wife of Bath
Canterbury Tales
Chaucer
Middle English literature
So,this is why we choose it