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Prologue to the Canterbury tales By Geoffrey Chaucer Characteristics of Chaucer: The most perfect poet in the English language The father of English poetry The grandfather of English novels Promoter of national unity through language Prince of story Teller Developer of English language as literary language Original poet Bridge between medieval/dark ages between renaissance Crossroad Greatest poet of the 14th century Social chronicler of his age The first humorist of English literature Pioneer of modern drama, novels and poetry Supreme native poet 14 century as Chaucer's England Papularized, reshaped and reformed the East Midland dialect and gave it the form of standard tongue Give expression to the life,ideals,hopes and aspirations of 14th century Characteristics of Prologue Humorous in modern sense Satirical Not acrimonious attitudes Ironic No originality of plot Plot fetched from Latin, French, Italian source No use of allegorical personification Short but vivid characterization ...