FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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The work consists of a General Prologue, where the protagonists, all pilgrims, are introduced and twenty-four tales.The tales are usually preceded by a prologue, which introduces the theme of the tale, and sometimes followed by an epilogue. They have realistic elements, and a strong ideal and moralising base.The reporting pilgrim is Chaucer himself. He tells us directly or ironically what he sees and what he thinks about it. This creates a sort of interplay between real and unreal, so that we are left to decide whether what we are reading is true or not.
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The tales are preceded by a prologue, which introduces the theme of the tale, and followed by an epilogue. They have realistic elements.The reporting pilgrim is Chaucer himself. He tells us directly or ironically what he sees and what he thinks about it. This creates a sort of interplay between real and unreal, so that we are left to decide whether what we are reading is true or not.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The General Prologue is the first part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It introduces the frame story, in which a group of pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury agree to take part in a storytelling competition, and describes the pilgrims themselves.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Canterbury Tales is a work written by Geoffrey Chaucer. During 1380-1392, he wrote the “General Prologue” and some of Canterbury Tales. By the year 1400, he had completed the Canterbury Tales, perhaps the most famous poem in medieval English!
Detailed explanation-3: -The General Prologue is, arguably, the most familiar part of the Canterbury Tales. It frames the longer story collection by setting the season, describing the pilgrims who will narrate the tales, and laying the ground rules of the storytelling contest.