Практикум по английскому языку (по истории Англии Средних веков). Пилипенко В.А - 44 стр.

       During 1373 and the next few years Chaucer travelled much
and lived a busy life.He made three tri ps to Italy, one to France, his
next tri p was to Florence. There he came in contact with Italian
literature.
       Chaucer returned a changed man. Italy was the first country
where the bourgeoisie triumphed over feudalism, and it was there
that Chaucer saw the first city-republics. Italian literature was at its
height and opened to Chaucer a new world of art. To this period
belong the following poems:«The House of Fame», a poem «The
Parliament of Birds»...
       The third period of Chaucer’s creative work begins from the
year 1384 when he left behind the Italian influence and became
entirely English. It was at this time that he wrote his masterpiece,
«The Canterbury Tales». When the new king, Henry IV, came to the
throne in 1399, the poet immediately addressed a poem to him. Chaucer
died in 1400 and was buried in Westminster Abbey in London.

IV. Translate this information about Chaucer from Russian into
English.
     ×îñåð áûë âåëè÷àéøèì ïèñàòåëåì XIV âåêà.  ñâîèõ ïðîèç-
âåäåíèÿõ îí ïèñàë î êðåñòüÿíàõ, íî áûë ïðåäñòàâèòåëåì íîâîãî
çàðîæäàþùåãîñÿ êëàññà áóðæóàçèè. Îí áûë ïåðâûì, êòî íà÷àë
ïèñàòü â ðåàëèñòè÷åñêîé ìàíåðå.
     Îí ðîäèëñÿ â Ëîíäîíå, â 1340 ãîäó, ïîñëå òîãî êàê ðàçðàçè-
ëàñü Ñòîëåòíÿÿ âîéíà. Åãî ðîäèòåëè áûëè äàëåêî íå áîãàòûìè
ëþäüìè. Ñ÷èòàåòñÿ, ÷òî îí ïîëó÷èë îáðàçîâàíèå â Îêñôîðäå èëè
Êåìáðèäæå. Îí õîðîøî ãîâîðèë ïî-ôðàíöóçñêè è óâëåêàëñÿ ôðàí-
öóçñêîé ïîýçèåé. Â 1384 ãîäó îí íàïèñàë ñâîå âûäàþùååñÿ ïðîèç-
âåäåíèå «Êåíòåðáåðèéñêèå ðàññêàçû».




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