LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Langland wrote only about aristocratic characters that were similar to Arthurian legends, whereas Chaucer wrote about lower social classes.
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Chaucer and Langland wrote in different dialects.
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Chaucer copied French and Italian style, whereas Langland did not.
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Most of Chaucer’s poetry was for a secular court audience, whereas Langland’s was didactic, teaching a moral lesson.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Difference between Chaucer and Langland Chaucer is basically an artist, while Langland a moralist. The former’s literature is an entertaining imitation of life to please and make life enjoyable. Langland’s singular work, on the other hand, is a serious representation of life, with a distinct purpose to teach.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chaucer is known for metrical innovation, inventing the rhyme royal, and he was one of the first English poets to use the five-stress line, a decasyllabic cousin to the iambic pentametre, in his work, with only a few anonymous short works using it before him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Like his contemporaries, his early poetry was strongly influenced by the French poetry tradition. He was also inspired by Ovid, his favorite Roman poet. Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio influenced his poetry as well, both in style and subject.
Detailed explanation-4: -Period: The period between 1343 and 1450 is known as the age of Chaucer. The age of Chaucer is the first significant period in the Literary history of England. It marks the beginning of a new era, new language and new literature.