Geoffrey Chaucer "The Father of English Literature"

Biography and Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

1. “The Father of English Literature”



Diego Urra Díaz, Pedagogía en Inglés, Universidad Pedro de Valdivia.

2. 
Biography

Called “The Father of
The English
Literature”.

Author of ”The
Canterbury Tales”

3. 
Biography
Birth: Circa 1340.

Death: October 25,
1400.

Son of a prosperous
wine merchant .

4. 
Biography
 1357: Chaucer became a public
servant to Countess Elizabeth of
Ulster
1359 – 1360: Went to France to
fight in the 100 years’ war, where
he was captured for ransom.
The King Edward III paid his
ransom.
He’s sent for several missions to
France, Spain and Italy.

5. 
Biography
1366: He get married
Philippa Roet
Philippa Roet: lady-in-waiting in
the queen’s household, daughter of
Sir Payne Roet, and a sister of
Katherine Swynford, the future
third wife of John of Gaunt. )

20 June 1367: King
Edward III had made
Chaucer one of his
esquires

6. 
Biography
1380s: Chaucer was
appointed a justice of the
peace for Kent.
August 1386: He became
knight of the shire for Kent.
1387: Philippa, Chaucer's
wife, is presumed to have
died.
In 1400: Chaucer disappears
from the historical record,
and is thought to have died
soon after. He was buried in
Westminster Abbey.

7. 
Works
Circa 1387:
Parlement of Foules
1370: was
published the first
work of Chaucer
The Book of the
Duchess
In the mid-1380s:
Troilus and
Crysseide

8. 
Canterbury Tales
It’s Chaucer's magnum opus.
Written at the end of the 14th century
The tales are part of a story-telling
contest by a group of pilgrims as they
travel to the shrine of Saint Thomas
Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

9. 
Poets Corner
W e s t m i n s t e r A b b e y

10. 
THE END
•http://www.poemhunter.com/geoffrey-chaucer/biography/
•http://www.online-literature.com/chaucer/
•http://www.biography.com/people/geoffrey-chaucer-9245691#death-
&awesm=~oATjyTs4WIhc1q
•http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/chaucer_geoffrey.shtml
•http://www.allreadable.com/vid/geoffery-chaucer-the-founder-of-our-language-
268137.html
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales
•http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/short-summary/
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poets'_Corner

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