🌸 Blog Title: Understanding Geoffrey Chaucer and His Age — A Guide for 1st Semester English Honours Students at the University of Gour Banga111111111



🌸 Blog Title: Understanding Geoffrey Chaucer and His Age — A Guide for 1st Semester English Honours Students at the University of Gour Banga111111111


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đŸŒŋ English Version

Introduction

The first semester of the B.A. English Honours course at the University of Gour Banga begins with the foundation of English literature — Geoffrey Chaucer and His Age. Known as the Father of English Poetry, Chaucer’s writings mark the dawn of English literature in its true sense. His era — the 14th century — was a period of transition when England witnessed changes in politics, religion, and society.

About Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) was a poet, philosopher, and civil servant. His most famous work, The Canterbury Tales, is a vivid picture of medieval English society. Chaucer used Middle English, making literature accessible to ordinary people instead of writing in Latin or French, which were dominant at that time.

The Age of Chaucer

The Age of Chaucer refers to the late 14th century, marked by:

The Hundred Years’ War between England and France

The Black Death, which killed a large part of the population

The Peasants’ Revolt (1381)

And the rise of a new middle class


These social and political changes deeply influenced Chaucer’s works. His characters come from all walks of life — knights, merchants, clerks, and even the poor.

Major Works of Chaucer

1. The Canterbury Tales – a collection of stories told by pilgrims traveling to Canterbury.


2. Troilus and Criseyde – a tragic love story.


3. The Book of the Duchess – an elegy for Blanche, the Duchess of Lancaster.


4. The House of Fame and The Legend of Good Women – dream allegories exploring fame and virtue.



Why Chaucer Matters

He humanized English literature.

He gave life to characters with psychological depth.

He helped standardize the London dialect, which later evolved into Modern English.


Conclusion

For students of the University of Gour Banga, studying Chaucer is not just about reading old texts — it’s about discovering the roots of English storytelling, humor, and human experience.


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đŸŒŋ Bengali Version (āĻŦাংāϞা āĻ…ংāĻļ)

āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া

āĻ—ৌāĻĄ়āĻŦāĻ™্āĻ— āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়েāϰ āχংāϰেāϜি āĻ…āύাāϰ্āϏ āĻ•োāϰ্āϏেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏেāĻŽিāϏ্āϟাāϰ āĻļুāϰু āĻšāϝ় āχংāϰেāϜি āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻ­িāϤ্āϤি āĻĻিāϝ়ে — āϜিāĻ“āĻĢ্āϰে āϚāϏাāϰ āĻ“ āϤাঁāϰ āϝুāĻ—। āϚāϏাāϰāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϝ় āχংāϰেāϜি āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϰ āϜāύāĻ•। āϤাঁāϰ āϝুāĻ— — āϚāϤুāϰ্āĻĻāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻ• — āĻ›িāϞ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύেāϰ āϝুāĻ—, āϝāĻ–āύ āχংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āϰাāϜāύীāϤি, āϧāϰ্āĻŽ āĻ“ āϏāĻŽাāϜে āĻāĻ• āύāϤুāύ āϰূāĻĒাāύ্āϤāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϝাāϚ্āĻ›িāϞ।

āϜিāĻ“āĻĢ্āϰে āϚāϏাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে

āϜিāĻ“āĻĢ্āϰে āϚāϏাāϰ (āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ā§§ā§Šā§Ēā§Š–ā§§ā§Ēā§Ļā§Ļ) āĻ›িāϞেāύ āĻ•āĻŦি, āĻĻাāϰ্āĻļāύিāĻ• āĻ“ āϰাāϜāĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāϚাāϰী। āϤাঁāϰ āĻļ্āϰেāώ্āĻ  āϰāϚāύা āĻĻ্āϝ āĻ•্āϝাāύ্āϟাāϰāĻŦেāϰি āϟেāϞāϏ, āϝেāĻ–াāύে āϤীāϰ্āĻĨāϝাāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻĒুāϰো āĻŽāϧ্āϝāϝুāĻ—ীāϝ় āχংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄāĻ•ে āĻĻেāĻ–াāύো āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে। āϤিāύি āĻŽিāĻĄāϞ āχংāϞিāĻļ āĻ­াāώাāϝ় āϞিāĻ–ে āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝāĻ•ে āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āύাāĻ—াāϞে āĻāύেāĻ›িāϞেāύ।

āϚāϏাāϰেāϰ āϝুāĻ—

āϚāϏাāϰেāϰ āϝুāĻ— āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻŦোāĻাāϝ় āϚāϤুāϰ্āĻĻāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻ•েāϰ āĻļেāώāĻ­াāĻ—, āϝāĻ–āύ—

āχংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻ“ āĻĢ্āϰাāύ্āϏেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻļāϤāĻŦāϰ্āώāĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒী āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āϚāϞāĻ›িāϞ,

āĻŦ্āϞ্āϝাāĻ• āĻĄেāĻĨ āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝা āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ,

ā§§ā§Šā§Žā§§ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻ•ৃāώāĻ• āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϰোāĻš āϘāϟেāĻ›িāϞ,

āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻ• āύāϤুāύ āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŦিāϤ্āϤ āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖি āϏāĻŽাāϜে āφāĻŦিāϰ্āĻ­ূāϤ āĻšāϚ্āĻ›িāϞ।


āĻāχ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύāĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĢāϞāύ āĻĻেāĻ–া āϝাāϝ় āϚāϏাāϰেāϰ āϰāϚāύাāϝ়।

āϚāϏাāϰেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āϰāϚāύা

ā§§. āĻĻ্āϝ āĻ•্āϝাāύ্āϟাāϰāĻŦেāϰি āϟেāϞāϏ
⧍. āϟ্āϰāϝ়āϞাāϏ āĻ…্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻ•্āϰিāϏেāχāĻĄ
ā§Š. āĻĻ্āϝ āĻŦুāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦ āĻĻ্āϝ āĻĄাāϚেāϏ
ā§Ē. āĻĻ্āϝ āĻšাāωāϏ āĻ…āĻŦ āĻĢেāĻŽ āĻāĻŦং āĻĻ্āϝ āϞেāϜেāύ্āĻĄ āĻ…āĻŦ āĻ—ুāĻĄ āωāχāĻŽেāύ

āϚāϏাāϰেāϰ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ

āϤিāύি āχংāϰেāϜি āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝāĻ•ে āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ• āϰূāĻĒ āĻĻেāύ।

āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦ āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰ āĻ“ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ• āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰāϤা āφāύেāύ।

āϞāύ্āĻĄāύ āĻĄাāϝ়াāϞেāĻ•্āϟāĻ•ে āϜāύāĻĒ্āϰিāϝ় āĻ•āϰে āφāϧুāύিāĻ• āχংāϰেāϜিāϰ āĻ­িāϤ্āϤি āĻ—āĻĄ়েāύ।


āωāĻĒāϏংāĻšাāϰ

āĻ—ৌāĻĄ়āĻŦāĻ™্āĻ— āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়েāϰ āĻ›াāϤ্āϰāĻĻেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϚāϏাāϰ āĻ…āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āĻŽাāύে āĻļুāϧু āĻĒ্āϰাāϚীāύ āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻĒāĻĄ়া āύāϝ়, āĻŦāϰং āχংāϰেāϜি āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻļিāĻ•āĻĄ় āĻ–োঁāϜা — āϝেāĻ–াāύে āĻŽাāύāĻŦāϤা, āĻšাāϏ্āϝāϰāϏ, āĻ“ āϜীāĻŦāύেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϚ্āĻ›āĻŦি āĻŽিāϞেāĻ›ে।


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đŸŒŋ Hindi Version (ā¤šिंā¤Ļी ⤭ा⤗)

ā¤Ē⤰ि⤚⤝

⤗ौ⤰ ā¤Ŧं⤗ ā¤ĩिā¤ļ्ā¤ĩā¤ĩिā¤Ļ्⤝ा⤞⤝ ā¤Žें ⤅ं⤗्⤰े⤜़ी ⤑⤍⤰्⤏ ⤕े ā¤Ē्⤰ā¤Ĩā¤Ž ⤏ेā¤Žे⤏्⤟⤰ ⤕ी ā¤ļु⤰ु⤆⤤ ā¤šो⤤ी ā¤šै — ⤜्⤝ोā¤Ģ्⤰ी ⤚ॉ⤏⤰ ⤔⤰ ⤉⤍⤕ा ⤝ु⤗ ⤏े। ⤉⤍्ā¤šें ⤅ं⤗्⤰े⤜़ी ⤕ā¤ĩि⤤ा ⤕ा ā¤œā¤¨ā¤• ā¤•ā¤šा ⤜ा⤤ा ā¤šै। ⤉⤍⤕ा ā¤¸ā¤Žā¤¯ — ⤚ौā¤Ļā¤šā¤ĩीं ā¤ļ⤤ाā¤Ŧ्ā¤Ļी — ā¤ā¤• ⤏ं⤕्ā¤°ā¤Žā¤Ŗ ⤕ा ā¤Ļौ⤰ ā¤Ĩा ⤜ā¤Ŧ ⤇ं⤗्⤞ैंā¤Ą ⤏ाā¤Žा⤜ि⤕ ⤔⤰ ⤧ा⤰्ā¤Žि⤕ ā¤Ŧā¤Ļ⤞ाā¤ĩों ⤏े ⤗ु⤜⤰ ā¤°ā¤šा ā¤Ĩा।

⤜्⤝ोā¤Ģ्⤰ी ⤚ॉ⤏⤰ ⤕े ā¤Ŧा⤰े ā¤Žें

⤜्⤝ोā¤Ģ्⤰ी ⤚ॉ⤏⤰ (1343–1400) ⤕ā¤ĩि, ā¤Ļा⤰्ā¤ļ⤍ि⤕ ⤔⤰ ⤏⤰⤕ा⤰ी ⤅⤧ि⤕ा⤰ी ā¤Ĩे। ⤉⤍⤕ी ⤏ā¤Ŧ⤏े ā¤Ē्⤰⤏िā¤Ļ्⤧ ⤕ृ⤤ि The Canterbury Tales ā¤šै, ⤜िā¤¸ā¤Žें ⤤ी⤰्ā¤Ĩ⤝ा⤤्⤰ि⤝ों ⤕ी ā¤•ā¤šा⤍ि⤝ों ⤕े ā¤Žा⤧्ā¤¯ā¤Ž ⤏े ā¤¸ā¤Žा⤜ ⤕ा ⤜ीā¤ĩं⤤ ⤚ि⤤्⤰⤪ ā¤Žि⤞⤤ा ā¤šै। ⤉⤍्ā¤šों⤍े ā¤Žिā¤Ąā¤˛ ⤇ं⤗्⤞िā¤ļ ā¤Žें ⤞ि⤖ा, ⤜ि⤏⤏े ⤏ाā¤šि⤤्⤝ ā¤†ā¤Ž ⤞ो⤗ों ⤕े ⤕⤰ीā¤Ŧ ⤆⤝ा।

⤚ॉ⤏⤰ ⤕ा ⤝ु⤗

⤚ॉ⤏⤰ ⤕ा ⤝ु⤗ ⤝ा⤍ी ⤚ौā¤Ļā¤šā¤ĩीं ā¤ļ⤤ाā¤Ŧ्ā¤Ļी ⤕ा ⤅ं⤤ —

⤇ं⤗्⤞ैंā¤Ą ⤔⤰ ā¤Ģ्⤰ां⤏ ⤕े ā¤Ŧी⤚ ⤏ौ ā¤ĩ⤰्⤎ी⤝ ⤝ुā¤Ļ्⤧,

ā¤Ŧ्⤞ै⤕ ā¤Ąेā¤Ĩ ⤕ी ā¤Žā¤šाā¤Žा⤰ी,

1381 ⤕ा ⤕ि⤏ा⤍ ā¤ĩिā¤Ļ्⤰ोā¤š,

⤔⤰ ā¤Žā¤§्⤝ ā¤ĩ⤰्⤗ ⤕ा ⤉ā¤Ļ⤝ —
⤇⤍ ⤏ā¤Ŧ⤕ा ā¤Ē्⤰⤭ाā¤ĩ ⤉⤍⤕े ⤞े⤖⤍ ā¤Žें ā¤Ļि⤖⤤ा ā¤šै।


ā¤Žु⤖्⤝ ⤰⤚⤍ाā¤ँ

1. The Canterbury Tales


2. Troilus and Criseyde


3. The Book of the Duchess


4. The Legend of Good Women



ā¤Žā¤šā¤¤्⤤्ā¤ĩ

⤉⤍्ā¤šों⤍े ⤅ं⤗्⤰े⤜़ी ⤏ाā¤šि⤤्⤝ ⤕ो ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩी⤝ ā¤Ŧ⤍ा⤝ा।

⤉⤍्ā¤šों⤍े ⤭ा⤎ा ⤔⤰ ā¤ļै⤞ी ⤕ो ⤍⤝ा ⤜ीā¤ĩ⤍ ā¤Ļि⤝ा।

⤉⤍⤕े ⤕ा⤰⤪ ⤞ंā¤Ļ⤍ ⤕ी ⤭ा⤎ा ⤆⤧ु⤍ि⤕ ⤅ं⤗्⤰े⤜़ी ⤕ी ⤍ींā¤ĩ ā¤Ŧ⤍ी।


⤍ि⤎्⤕⤰्⤎

⤗ौ⤰ ā¤Ŧं⤗ ā¤ĩिā¤ļ्ā¤ĩā¤ĩिā¤Ļ्⤝ा⤞⤝ ⤕े ā¤ĩिā¤Ļ्⤝ा⤰्ā¤Ĩि⤝ों ⤕े ⤞िā¤ ⤚ॉ⤏⤰ ⤕ा ⤅⤧्⤝⤝⤍ ⤅ं⤗्⤰े⤜़ी ⤏ाā¤šि⤤्⤝ ⤕े ⤇⤤िā¤šा⤏ ⤔⤰ ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩ⤤ा ⤕ी ā¤œā¤Ą़ों ⤏े ⤜ुā¤Ą़⤍े ⤕ा ⤅ā¤ĩ⤏⤰ ā¤šै।


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