So i've just read the first part of the Canterbury Tales, and here are my first impressions:
- I love how Chaucer describes every character in detail; however, you have to read between the lines to really get what he's trying to say about this character.
- He's funny! Not only are his descriptions sarcastic, but I skipped ahead a little bit and read a part from the Miller's Tale and I laughed out loud! Chaucer is no middle english nun!
- He's trying to say something, and I love when authors have a hidden agenda. From what I learned in class, he is trying to poke fun at the classes that were made up during that time.
- You can relate to it in a way. The social classes he is talking about in the tales are alot like the social classes we have today. The rich, the middle class, the poor. His aren't as straight foward but still! I think alot of the characters, if modernized, could deffintely fit into our generation.
- The structure of his poem is mind-blowing. I think it is so interesting that he did this for fun even though it's so wonderfully structered! This guy must have been really brilliant.
I can't wait till we read more and discuss the tales in class! :)
2 comments:
I love Chaucer too. I think that Chaucer devoting his later life to writing the Canterbury Tales must have been a heck of a journey. Even if it took awhile, it sure was worth it. He really is an entertaining guy.
I am also loving the book! I think Chaucer is really funny and it is neat to think that we are still laughing at things that were being laughed at long ago. I just wish that I could be as talented as him and come up with an amazing novel as a hobby! As you said, I think he is truely brilliant!
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