ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the “father of English literature", or, alternatively, the “father of English poetry".

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Middle Ages, a man called Geoffrey Chaucer was revolutionising the literary scene of the day, becoming one of the greatest poets and fathers of literature in England.

Detailed explanation-3: -He is credited as legitimising the literary use of Middle English when the dominant languages in England were still French and Latin, and his poetry went on to shape future of English literature. Chaucer was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ever since the end of the 14th century, Chaucer has been known as the “father of English poetry, ” a model of writing to be imitated by English poets. “He was one of the first poets of his day to write exclusively in English (his contemporary John Gower, for example, wrote in Latin, French, and English).

Detailed explanation-5: -It was John Dryden who called Geoffrey Chaucer the ‘father of English poetry. ‘ Dryden did this in the preface of his book, Fables, Ancient and Modern, which was published in 1700.