Chaucerian tradition

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English literary movement literary tradition medieval literary movement

The Chaucerian tradition is a late medieval English literary movement characterized by poets who emulated and developed Geoffrey Chaucer’s narrative techniques, themes, and poetic forms.

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Chaucerian canon	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English literary movement ⓘ literary tradition ⓘ medieval literary movement ⓘ
characterizedBy	adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s narrative techniques ⓘ courtly love themes ⓘ imitation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s style ⓘ interest in pilgrimage motifs ⓘ moral and didactic themes ⓘ satirical treatment of social estates ⓘ use of Chaucerian poetic forms ⓘ use of frame narratives ⓘ use of iambic pentameter couplets ⓘ use of rhyme royal stanza ⓘ
follows	works of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
hasCriticalConcept	authority of Chaucer as ‘father of English poetry’ ⓘ imitation and emulation of Chaucer ⓘ
hasGenre	allegorical poetry ⓘ dream vision poetry ⓘ narrative poetry ⓘ
hasLanguage	Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLocation	England NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainInfluence	Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableFollower	James I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lydgate NERFINISHED ⓘ John Skelton NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Henryson NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Hawes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kingis Quair poet ⓘ Thomas Hoccleve NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPeakTime	15th century ⓘ
hasPeriod	late Middle Ages ⓘ
hasStartTime	late 14th century ⓘ
hasTheme	ethical instruction ⓘ fortune and mutability ⓘ religious devotion ⓘ social criticism ⓘ
influencedBy	French courtly poetry ⓘ Italian Trecento literature ⓘ classical narrative traditions ⓘ
influences	English narrative verse ⓘ early English Renaissance poetry ⓘ
relatedTo	Chaucerian poets ⓘ Chaucerianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn	history of English poetry ⓘ medieval English literary studies ⓘ
usesForm	heroic couplets ⓘ octosyllabic couplets ⓘ rhyme royal ⓘ

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Alceste → includedIn → Chaucerian tradition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaucerian canon

La Male Regle → literaryMovement → Chaucerian tradition ⓘ

The Temple of Glas → literaryMovement → Chaucerian tradition ⓘ

The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse → partOf → Chaucerian tradition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaucerian canon