ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Canterbury Tales was one of the first major works in literature written in English. Chaucer began the tales in 1387 and continued until his death in 1400. No text in his own hand still exists, but a surprising number of copies survive from the 1500s-more than 80.

Detailed explanation-2: -The anonymous poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is considered one of the masterpieces of Middle English literature – a story of knightly deeds, sexual enticement and wild landscapes. It was composed in the West Midlands region of Britain at the end of the 14th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) was enormously popular in medieval England, with over 90 copies in existence from the 1400s.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Canterbury Tales (written c. 1388-1400 CE) is a medieval literary work by the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (l. c. 1343-1400 CE) comprised of 24 tales related to a number of literary genres and touching on subjects ranging from fate to God’s will to love, marriage, pride, and death.

Detailed explanation-5: -Middle English. Period of the English language from about 1050 to 1550. Caxton, William (1422?-1491. Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100–54) Langland, William (1332–1400) Malory, [Sir] Thomas (1410?-1471) More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535) Mysteries & Morality Plays. 09-Feb-2023