Chaucer the pilgrim

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fictional character narrator

Chaucer the pilgrim is the fictionalized version of Geoffrey Chaucer who appears within The Canterbury Tales as a naïve, observant narrator and fellow traveler among the pilgrims.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chaucer the narrator 1
Chaucer the pilgrim canonical 1
Geoffrey Chaucer (narrator-persona) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
appearsIn The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Harry Bailly ⓘ
The Host ⓘ
The Knight ⓘ
The Miller ⓘ
Pardoner ⓘ
surface form: The Pardoner

The Parson ⓘ
The Wife of Bath's Tale ⓘ
surface form: The Wife of Bath
basedOn Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
describedAs meek ⓘ
unassuming ⓘ
distinguishedFrom historical Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
fictionalTimePeriod 14th century ⓘ
firstAppearsIn The General Prologue ⓘ
surface form: General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
genreContext frame narrative ⓘ
medieval pilgrimage narrative ⓘ
hostedBy Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn ⓘ
journeyDestination Canterbury ⓘ
journeyPurpose pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket ⓘ
languageOfWork Middle English ⓘ
literaryDevice authorial self-insertion ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
metaLiteraryRole fictionalized author within his own text ⓘ
narrativeFunction describes the personalities of the pilgrims ⓘ
reports the tales told by other pilgrims ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrativeReliability unreliable narrator ⓘ
occupationInFiction poet ⓘ
participatesIn story-telling contest among pilgrims ⓘ
portrayedAs naïve ⓘ
observant ⓘ
self-deprecating ⓘ
somewhat obtuse ⓘ
roleInWork frame narrator of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
selfRepresentationOf Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
settingOfActivity Tabard Inn, Southwark ⓘ
tellsTale Tale of Sir Thopas ⓘ
The Tale of Melibee ⓘ
travelsRoute from Southwark to Canterbury ⓘ
travelsWith The Canterbury Pilgrims ⓘ
surface form: the Canterbury pilgrims

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Canterbury Tales → narrator → Chaucer the pilgrim ⓘ
Merchant → describedBy → Chaucer the pilgrim ⓘ
subject surface form: Merchant (The Canterbury Tales)
this entity surface form: Chaucer the narrator
Eagle guide → guidesCharacter → Chaucer the pilgrim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geoffrey Chaucer (narrator-persona)