Geoffrey Chaucer Biography video

Use online video to study the poems and biography of Geoffrey Chaucer. Use the video subtitles to improve Reading and Literacy skills .... simultaneously!

Use these History of British Literature video entitled The Biography and Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer to study the world of poet Geoffrey Chaucer, whose insights to human nature found timeless expression in Canterbury Tales.

Use our 2 online educational videos to explore the world of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English poetry and a masterful storyteller, whose insights into human nature found timeless expression in Canterbury Tales. Unveil a realm of pageantry, plague, feudal battles, and gallant knights. Learn how Geoffrey Chaucer chronicled this world through an ingenious collection of stories that revealed the many contrasts defining medieval society.

Learning Objectives:

• Build a greater appreciation of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, a masterful storyteller and the father of English poetry.
• Discover how Geoffrey Chaucer chronicled the manners and morals of 14th century England in Canterbury Tales, an ingenious collection of stories wittily revealing insights to human nature and the many contrasts that defined medieval society.
• Understand the social, political, and intellectual world of 14th century England, a time of pageantry and plague, feudal battles, and gallant knights.
• Listen to a recording, in Middle English, of "The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe" from Canterbury Tales, a chivalrous story that solves the riddle, "What thing is it that women most desire?"

• Literature > The History Of British Literature > The Time Life And Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer And Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims
• The Time Life and Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Runtime: 17:15)
• Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims (Runtime: 29:35)