THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE
By Sophia Corbisiero, Marta Angeleri, Alberto Rossi, Leonardo Baralis
WHAT IS IT?
- 20th story of The Canterbury Tales
PILGRIM/STORYTELLER
Brother John
- A Nun's Priest
- Not in the General Prologue
documents about travelling
his description made by the Host in the Epilogue
information about:
He is...
wise
ironic
anti-feminist
kind
talkative
After the Monk's tale...
Brother John, would you please tell us a merry tale?
Stop it! I can't stand tragedies anymore!
Sure!
WHEN?
A long time ago,
when all the animals and birds could
speak
and
sing...
WHERE?
...in a cottage...
one morning...
one day in May...
And that's the end of my tale. I'm sure we all can learn a lesson from it.
You would have been an excellent rooster, John! Thank you for your tale.
CHARACTERS
Chanticleer (the rooster)
- beautiful and excellent at singing
- convincing and overscrupulous
- heedless and easily flattered
Sir Russel (the fox)
Pertelote (the hen)
- loving and influenced by her husband
The old widow
STRUCTURE
- Beast fable: animals with human behaviour
- inspired by Aesop- moral
differences bewteen poor and rich life
MORAL
don't be too self confident in your abilities
flattery and pride can bring downfall
importance of critical thinking
concentrate on your goals
CROSS-REFERENCES
ADAPTATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanticleer
https://www.chanticleer.org/ https://www.retropalco.it/artista/chanticleer/
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_de_Renart
http://wiki.unimc.it/zoomorfico/index.php/Roman_de_Renart
https://chanteclair.it/la-nostra-storia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantecler_(play)
https://www.comune.napoli.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/4739/UT/systemPrint
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nun%27s_Priest%27s_Talehttps://guidingliterature.com/moral-of-the-poem-the-nuns-priests-tale-by-geoffrey-chaucher/
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-canterbury-tales/section12/
https://quizlet.com/347323914/the-nuns-priests-tale-character-list-flash-cards/
http://nunspriesttale.weebly.com/character-traits.html
http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/iacd_99F/medieval_lit/nun_priest/character.htm
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/summary-and-analysis/the-nuns-priests-tale https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-canterbury-tales/section12/
Lumiansky, R. M. “The Nun’s Priest in the Canterbury Tales.” PMLA 68, no. 4 (1953): 896–906. https://doi.org/10.2307/459805. Broes, Arthur T. “Chaucer’s Disgruntled Cleric: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale.” PMLA 78, no. 3 (1963): 156–62. https://doi.org/10.2307/460857. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-canterbury-tales/section12/#:~:text=The%20Host%20tells%20the%20Nun's,him%20to%20a%20sparrow%2Dhawk. https://quizlet.com/347323914/the-nuns-priests-tale-character-list-flash-cards/
https://www.enotes.com/topics/canterbury-tales/questions/what-personality-clothing-style-nuns-priest-297496
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THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE
By Sophia Corbisiero, Marta Angeleri, Alberto Rossi, Leonardo Baralis
WHAT IS IT?
PILGRIM/STORYTELLER
Brother John
documents about travelling
his description made by the Host in the Epilogue
information about:- physical skills
- clothes
He is...
wise
ironic
anti-feminist
kind
talkative
After the Monk's tale...
Brother John, would you please tell us a merry tale?
Stop it! I can't stand tragedies anymore!
Sure!
WHEN?
A long time ago,
when all the animals and birds could
speak
and
sing...
WHERE?
...in a cottage...
one morning...
one day in May...
And that's the end of my tale. I'm sure we all can learn a lesson from it.
You would have been an excellent rooster, John! Thank you for your tale.
CHARACTERS
Chanticleer (the rooster)
Sir Russel (the fox)
Pertelote (the hen)
The old widow
STRUCTURE
- inspired by Aesop- moral
differences bewteen poor and rich life
MORAL
don't be too self confident in your abilities
flattery and pride can bring downfall
importance of critical thinking
concentrate on your goals
CROSS-REFERENCES
ADAPTATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanticleer https://www.chanticleer.org/ https://www.retropalco.it/artista/chanticleer/
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_de_Renart http://wiki.unimc.it/zoomorfico/index.php/Roman_de_Renart
https://chanteclair.it/la-nostra-storia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantecler_(play) https://www.comune.napoli.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/4739/UT/systemPrint
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nun%27s_Priest%27s_Talehttps://guidingliterature.com/moral-of-the-poem-the-nuns-priests-tale-by-geoffrey-chaucher/ https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-canterbury-tales/section12/
https://quizlet.com/347323914/the-nuns-priests-tale-character-list-flash-cards/ http://nunspriesttale.weebly.com/character-traits.html http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/iacd_99F/medieval_lit/nun_priest/character.htm
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/summary-and-analysis/the-nuns-priests-tale https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-canterbury-tales/section12/
Lumiansky, R. M. “The Nun’s Priest in the Canterbury Tales.” PMLA 68, no. 4 (1953): 896–906. https://doi.org/10.2307/459805. Broes, Arthur T. “Chaucer’s Disgruntled Cleric: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale.” PMLA 78, no. 3 (1963): 156–62. https://doi.org/10.2307/460857. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-canterbury-tales/section12/#:~:text=The%20Host%20tells%20the%20Nun's,him%20to%20a%20sparrow%2Dhawk. https://quizlet.com/347323914/the-nuns-priests-tale-character-list-flash-cards/ https://www.enotes.com/topics/canterbury-tales/questions/what-personality-clothing-style-nuns-priest-297496