đ¸ Blog Title: Understanding Geoffrey Chaucer and His Age — A Guide for 1st Semester English Honours Students at the University of Gour Banga111111111
đ¸ 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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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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đŋ Bengali Version (āĻŦাংāϞা āĻ
ংāĻļ)
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āύাāϰ্āϏ āĻোāϰ্āϏেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏেāĻŽিāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻļুāϰু āĻšāϝ় āĻংāϰেāĻি āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϤি āĻĻিāϝ়ে — āĻিāĻāĻĢ্āϰে āĻāϏাāϰ āĻ āϤাঁāϰ āϝুāĻ। āĻāϏাāϰāĻে āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϝ় āĻংāϰেāĻি āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϰ āĻāύāĻ। āϤাঁāϰ āϝুāĻ — āĻāϤুāϰ্āĻĻāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻ — āĻিāϞ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύেāϰ āϝুāĻ, āϝāĻāύ āĻংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āϰাāĻāύীāϤি, āϧāϰ্āĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻ āύāϤুāύ āϰূāĻĒাāύ্āϤāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϝাāĻ্āĻিāϞ।
āĻিāĻāĻĢ্āϰে āĻāϏাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻে
āĻিāĻāĻĢ্āϰে āĻāϏাāϰ (āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ā§§ā§Šā§Ēā§Š–ā§§ā§Ēā§Ļā§Ļ) āĻিāϞেāύ āĻāĻŦি, āĻĻাāϰ্āĻļāύিāĻ āĻ āϰাāĻāĻāϰ্āĻŽāĻাāϰী। āϤাঁāϰ āĻļ্āϰেāώ্āĻ āϰāĻāύা āĻĻ্āϝ āĻ্āϝাāύ্āĻাāϰāĻŦেāϰি āĻেāϞāϏ, āϝেāĻাāύে āϤীāϰ্āĻĨāϝাāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ āĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻĒুāϰো āĻŽāϧ্āϝāϝুāĻীāϝ় āĻংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄāĻে āĻĻেāĻাāύো āĻšāϝ়েāĻে। āϤিāύি āĻŽিāĻĄāϞ āĻংāϞিāĻļ āĻাāώাāϝ় āϞিāĻে āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝāĻে āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āύাāĻাāϞে āĻāύেāĻিāϞেāύ।
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āĻāϏাāϰেāϰ āϝুāĻ āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻŦোāĻাāϝ় āĻāϤুāϰ্āĻĻāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻেāϰ āĻļেāώāĻাāĻ, āϝāĻāύ—
āĻংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻ āĻĢ্āϰাāύ্āϏেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻļāϤāĻŦāϰ্āώāĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒী āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϞāĻিāϞ,
āĻŦ্āϞ্āϝাāĻ āĻĄেāĻĨ āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ,
ā§§ā§Šā§Žā§§ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻৃāώāĻ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϰোāĻš āĻāĻেāĻিāϞ,
āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻ āύāϤুāύ āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŦিāϤ্āϤ āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖি āϏāĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻŦিāϰ্āĻূāϤ āĻšāĻ্āĻিāϞ।
āĻāĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύāĻুāϞিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĢāϞāύ āĻĻেāĻা āϝাāϝ় āĻāϏাāϰেāϰ āϰāĻāύাāϝ়।
āĻāϏাāϰেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āϰāĻāύা
ā§§. āĻĻ্āϝ āĻ্āϝাāύ্āĻাāϰāĻŦেāϰি āĻেāϞāϏ
⧍. āĻ্āϰāϝ়āϞাāϏ āĻ
্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻ্āϰিāϏেāĻāĻĄ
ā§Š. āĻĻ্āϝ āĻŦুāĻ āĻ
āĻŦ āĻĻ্āϝ āĻĄাāĻেāϏ
ā§Ē. āĻĻ্āϝ āĻšাāĻāϏ āĻ
āĻŦ āĻĢেāĻŽ āĻāĻŦং āĻĻ্āϝ āϞেāĻেāύ্āĻĄ āĻ
āĻŦ āĻুāĻĄ āĻāĻāĻŽেāύ
āĻāϏাāϰেāϰ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ
āϤিāύি āĻংāϰেāĻি āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝāĻে āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ āϰূāĻĒ āĻĻেāύ।
āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦ āĻāϰিāϤ্āϰ āĻ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ āĻāĻীāϰāϤা āĻāύেāύ।
āϞāύ্āĻĄāύ āĻĄাāϝ়াāϞেāĻ্āĻāĻে āĻāύāĻĒ্āϰিāϝ় āĻāϰে āĻāϧুāύিāĻ āĻংāϰেāĻিāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϤি āĻāĻĄ়েāύ।
āĻāĻĒāϏংāĻšাāϰ
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đŋ Hindi Version (ā¤šिंā¤Ļी ā¤ाā¤)
ā¤Ē⤰िā¤ā¤¯
ā¤ौ⤰ ā¤Ŧं⤠ā¤ĩिā¤ļ्ā¤ĩā¤ĩिā¤Ļ्⤝ा⤞⤝ ā¤Žें ā¤
ंā¤्⤰ेā¤़ी ā¤ā¤¨ā¤°्⤏ ā¤े ā¤Ē्⤰ā¤Ĩā¤Ž ⤏ेā¤Žे⤏्ā¤ā¤° ā¤ी ā¤ļु⤰ुā¤ā¤¤ ā¤šो⤤ी ā¤šै — ā¤्⤝ोā¤Ģ्⤰ी ā¤ॉ⤏⤰ ā¤ā¤° ā¤ā¤¨ā¤ा ⤝ु⤠⤏े। ā¤ā¤¨्ā¤šें ā¤
ंā¤्⤰ेā¤़ी ā¤ā¤ĩि⤤ा ā¤ा ā¤ā¤¨ā¤ ā¤ā¤šा ā¤ा⤤ा ā¤šै। ā¤ā¤¨ā¤ा ā¤¸ā¤Žā¤¯ — ā¤ौā¤Ļā¤šā¤ĩीं ā¤ļ⤤ाā¤Ŧ्ā¤Ļी — ā¤ā¤ ⤏ंā¤्ā¤°ā¤Žā¤Ŗ ā¤ा ā¤Ļौ⤰ ā¤Ĩा ā¤ā¤Ŧ ā¤ंā¤्⤞ैंā¤Ą ⤏ाā¤Žाā¤ि⤠ā¤ā¤° ⤧ा⤰्ā¤Žि⤠ā¤Ŧā¤Ļ⤞ाā¤ĩों ⤏े ā¤ुā¤ā¤° ā¤°ā¤šा ā¤Ĩा।
ā¤्⤝ोā¤Ģ्⤰ी ā¤ॉ⤏⤰ ā¤े ā¤Ŧा⤰े ā¤Žें
ā¤्⤝ोā¤Ģ्⤰ी ā¤ॉ⤏⤰ (1343–1400) ā¤ā¤ĩि, ā¤Ļा⤰्ā¤ļ⤍ि⤠ā¤ā¤° ⤏⤰ā¤ा⤰ी ā¤
⤧िā¤ा⤰ी ā¤Ĩे। ā¤ā¤¨ā¤ी ⤏ā¤Ŧ⤏े ā¤Ē्⤰⤏िā¤Ļ्⤧ ā¤ृ⤤ि The Canterbury Tales ā¤šै, ā¤िā¤¸ā¤Žें ⤤ी⤰्ā¤Ĩ⤝ा⤤्⤰ि⤝ों ā¤ी ā¤ā¤šा⤍ि⤝ों ā¤े ā¤Žा⤧्ā¤¯ā¤Ž ⤏े ā¤¸ā¤Žा⤠ā¤ा ā¤ीā¤ĩं⤤ ā¤ि⤤्⤰⤪ ā¤Žि⤞⤤ा ā¤šै। ā¤ā¤¨्ā¤šों⤍े ā¤Žिā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤ंā¤्⤞िā¤ļ ā¤Žें ⤞िā¤ा, ā¤ि⤏⤏े ⤏ाā¤šि⤤्⤝ ā¤ā¤Ž ⤞ोā¤ों ā¤े ā¤ā¤°ीā¤Ŧ ā¤ā¤¯ा।
ā¤ॉ⤏⤰ ā¤ा ⤝ुā¤
ā¤ॉ⤏⤰ ā¤ा ⤝ु⤠⤝ा⤍ी ā¤ौā¤Ļā¤šā¤ĩीं ā¤ļ⤤ाā¤Ŧ्ā¤Ļी ā¤ा ā¤
ं⤤ —
ā¤ंā¤्⤞ैंā¤Ą ā¤ā¤° ā¤Ģ्⤰ां⤏ ā¤े ā¤Ŧी⤠⤏ौ ā¤ĩ⤰्⤎ी⤝ ⤝ुā¤Ļ्⤧,
ā¤Ŧ्⤞ैā¤ ā¤Ąेā¤Ĩ ā¤ी ā¤Žā¤šाā¤Žा⤰ी,
1381 ā¤ा ā¤ि⤏ा⤍ ā¤ĩिā¤Ļ्⤰ोā¤š,
ā¤ā¤° ā¤Žā¤§्⤝ ā¤ĩ⤰्⤠ā¤ा ā¤ā¤Ļ⤝ —
ā¤ā¤¨ ⤏ā¤Ŧā¤ा ā¤Ē्⤰ā¤ाā¤ĩ ā¤ā¤¨ā¤े ⤞ेā¤ā¤¨ ā¤Žें ā¤Ļिā¤ā¤¤ा ā¤šै।
ā¤Žुā¤्⤝ ⤰ā¤ā¤¨ा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¤ā¤¨्ā¤šों⤍े ā¤
ंā¤्⤰ेā¤़ी ⤏ाā¤šि⤤्⤝ ā¤ो ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩी⤝ ā¤Ŧ⤍ा⤝ा।
ā¤ā¤¨्ā¤šों⤍े ā¤ा⤎ा ā¤ā¤° ā¤ļै⤞ी ā¤ो ⤍⤝ा ā¤ीā¤ĩ⤍ ā¤Ļि⤝ा।
ā¤ā¤¨ā¤े ā¤ा⤰⤪ ⤞ंā¤Ļ⤍ ā¤ी ā¤ा⤎ा ā¤ā¤§ु⤍ि⤠ā¤
ंā¤्⤰ेā¤़ी ā¤ी ⤍ींā¤ĩ ā¤Ŧ⤍ी।
⤍ि⤎्ā¤ā¤°्⤎
ā¤ौ⤰ ā¤Ŧं⤠ā¤ĩिā¤ļ्ā¤ĩā¤ĩिā¤Ļ्⤝ा⤞⤝ ā¤े ā¤ĩिā¤Ļ्⤝ा⤰्ā¤Ĩि⤝ों ā¤े ⤞ि⤠ā¤ॉ⤏⤰ ā¤ा ā¤
⤧्⤝⤝⤍ ā¤
ंā¤्⤰ेā¤़ी ⤏ाā¤šि⤤्⤝ ā¤े ā¤ā¤¤िā¤šा⤏ ā¤ā¤° ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩ⤤ा ā¤ी ā¤ā¤Ą़ों ⤏े ā¤ुā¤Ą़⤍े ā¤ा ā¤
ā¤ĩ⤏⤰ ā¤šै।
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