Everything you need to know to read “The Canterbury Tales” - Iseult Gillespie
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A portly Miller, barely able to sit on his horse, rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. This might sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever created: The Canterbury Tales. Iseult Gillespie shares everything you need to know to read Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic collection.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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weirdo
if Chaucer is alive today, he'd be one heck of a clickbait youtuber.
THREE RIOTERS TRY TO FIND DEATH AND ENDED UP FINDING THIS!!! (gone violent)
@@twentyos8618 i remember that story!
I studied some of these storylines in English literature class. It amazed me how Chaucer was able to capture so much information, subtleties and satirical winks in his verses and how vivid and detailed his stories were.
-Yo Boccaccio, can I copy your Decameron?
-Well, ok, but try changing something
-Sure
Che bello, tutti gli italiani si logorano dentro
This deserves more likes
As another Italian, this made laugh so much. Bravo, Gabriele 😂 dovrebbero esserci più italiani su TedEd però
The same can be said of Bocaccio and several oriental texts (such as tales from the Panchatantra, The thousand and One Nights, the Brihat Katha cycle and Barlaam and Josaphat) which were diffused in Greek, Hebrew and Latin translations by the 12th century. Not only that, but also he "copied" from authors like Petrarch, Paulus Diaconus, Don Juan Manuel. He took source materials from local oral traditions, french and latin authors as well.
Of course, neither Boccaccio nor Chaucer plagiarized other works and authors, but took inspiration and influence from them, and created their own version of it (especially in the vernacular quality and idiosyncratic characters); so we should stop diminishing Chaucer's work, and praise it, just as we do with Boccaccio. I read both works, and I liked them the same.
@@pablogrez6951 no one wants to diminish Chaucer, he's a truly influential figure in the history of English literature. It just cannot be denied that the resemblances are quite striking and the amount of time between the two masterpieces is quite short.
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*Then it is Definitely worth a read*
*okay but why are we shouting*
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@@abouttime837 maybe we're hard of hearing?
Oh so he wrote a choose your own adventure novel how nice
I never met Ted but he is a nice story teller.
Absolutely loved the video.
I would love to see Chaucer in this art style!
Midsummer Night's Dream takes place *during* during The Knight's Tale, the Philostrate character gives it away.
Thank you. I've always wanted to read this but found it daunting.
i read some of the tales in my Senior year of high school. I absolute loved it !
Released posthumously The Canterbury Tales begins the trend of English writing for centuries to come, books that no matter what level of society you come from, there is still something to enjoy.
02:34 cutest Chaucer known to mankind!
Legend has it that the descendant of the same innkeeper had still no victor to crown, and his dinner reward was still not spoiled.
My Dad walked in right at this point: 0:41
lord help me
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In future
Now I feel like reading " Canterbury Tales. " but I know it Won't be as intriguing as this video. Good work 👏💜
@3:19 Totally thought he said "Courtney Love"
Pretty sure he did lol
Read the Tales back in tenth grade for fun. Still haven't forgotten the Miller's Tale, and most likely never will.
This introduces Canterbuty tales very clearly and briefly. Can I use this in a middle school English class in South Korea? It'll be a great help to the students. Thanks!
I read this in high school Brit Lit. Great tale, too bad we only had time to cover a tiny portion of it, cause *BOI* this was hard to read
This is the first time i truly appreciate "The Canterbury tales"
I'm actually listing your book recommendations. Thanks so much for these.
I gotta say, the jokes are pretty funny
When I picked up this book i hadn't the faintest idea about what it was saying!
Thanks, but I’ve already seen the documentary A Knights Tale.
I've read them over and over. Great stories
Canterbury is my home city! ♥
I love brilliant and teded
Canterbury Tales are literally Adam Sandler movies
Whan that Aprille with the shoures soote, the droughte of March hath pierced to the roote and bathed thy vayne in swish licour (that is all I remember)
Mom i want the decameron
But we have the decameron at home
The decameron:
Team ted, please do a video about 'why should I read James Hadley chase'.
Nice art nice narration and fun recommendation
What was chaucer intent(purpose) for writing the Canterbury tales? Need answers
Ted Ed can you try putting videos about bery old languages ?
please do one on the Ramayana
That sounds like a bawdy joke😂😂
Which is the best translation of The Canterbury tales ?
Please let me know thank you.
The copy of the Decameron by the Italian Boccaccio*
Excuse me, but how is this work such a classic famous book if it truly contains all that you described at the start of the video?
Do a video on Train To Pakistan by Khushwant Singh!
it would be a real coincidence if this topic comes up in the quiz tomorrow with post test... and hello to any fellow classmates of mine
Forced us to read this yesterday. Long Summayive test due next week 😂
Forced us to read this tale yesterday. Long summative test due next week 😂
Would you please consider the works of Richard Riordan II?
I don't want to be picky, because I enjoyed the video, but it marches almost right up to the point but fails to make it, that the Canterbury Tales is also a library of medieval literary forms. That's kind of important, I've always thought.
I'm Studying this Now ! In Senior Class ! what a coincidence ! I'm taking PARDONER the story of The three riots who will die because of their greed
Please do Jojo‘ s Bizzare Adventure by Araki
It fits this genre quite well
The fact that this is what I'm studying in hs rn
Hi
Thanks for that reccomendation, TED!
As for me my personal favourite by the last couple years is The walking drum by Louis lamour. Would be glad to see your animation to this book as well one day!
0:41 thank me later
Dang, if only this video existed a year ago.
Things you need to know to read Chaucer:
1. Middle english.
The end of the video.
2. General Knowledge of the 1400's Medieval Europe
Ever heard of "translation"?
@@briank5437 My point is that the video is as insightful as my "tip" I made as a joke. It is mistitled and as deep as a puddle. Anything to say about that?
@@miobiuscrimson2828 'look before you leap'
@@Angelfish-wr1pp (chef's kiss)
Ah, so Chaucer fell into the trap of worldbuilding and didn't get around to the end of his story? We've all been there.
*looks at George Martin*
No so much didn't get around to it. The problem was that he was going to die before finishing it and when he realised it made the conclusion.
@@AkashKumar-iq8wg george martin sucks
One piece
He died actually.
Chaucer took inspiration from the masterpieces of Italian poet Boccaccio and Petrarch to write this book. In particular it follows the same scheme of Decameron, where a 10 young people are forced by pest to stay in the same house and decide to throw a competition in which everyone needs to tell one story per day
It's all basically MTV's The Real World: Medieval Europe
Andrea Bazzoli I’m not surprised Petrarch was an inspiration since he’s responsible for so much in literature
Also, the Knight's tale, which begins the work after the general prologue, is basically a retelling of Boccaccio's _Teseida_ . Personally, _The Decameron_ is my favorite book. I first read it in full at fifteen, after reading a handful of the more child-friendly stories in my 10th grade world literature textbook. I found out, on reading the whole, that the stories they'd refused to include were a lot funnier.
@@Nullifidian in particular in these tough time Boccaccio's stories seem to be really near to our everyday's experience in an explosion of fantasy that only a forced "stay in" period is able to create
The fact you think the Canterbury tales is a plagiarism of the Decameron proves you have never read either. They are so different that the only thing connecting them is a similar structure not even invented by either Boccaccio or Chaucer.
The Canterbury tales is universally the more popular and interesting work. Boccaccio literally plagiarised every single story in the Decameron from other countries stories.
Italian literature has not been relevant since the renaissance period and even then Italy was starting to have to desperately try and keep up with English writers, playwrights and philosophers. English literature far exceeds Italian literature in both quality and influence. English is spoken all over the world. Italian is only spoken in Italy and Sicily.
England's writers, playwrights and philosophers are read widely in every country in the world. Italy’s are only read when translated into English.
Next time, if I might recommend, please make a video of the "The Little Prince'' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. :D
Please do! That would be awesome!
Yes🤴
"Growing up isn't the problem, forgetting is."
Sigh, it hurts nuri lee. Amazing book. I am getting the Macmillan Collector's Edition Hardcover copy, it looks amazing.
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/the-little-prince/9781909621565
A book everyone must read!!
I love all of the Ted-ed videos, but the ones which promote reading are the best and my favorites.
Ted Ed is eye opening
Edit:Thank you so much for the likes everyone!!
sudha rani third eye opening
I agree
All eye opening
Perhaps one can say that it is "ye" opening.
sudha rani seriously, this channel has taught me more than school at this point
*That quote is 10000% accurate*
What quote I clearly missed a lot
Imagination and overthinking are different things though, so I don't like the quote :D
BigRiddimMonsta well I'm a bit late, but I think he means the quote written on the screen right at the start of the video
ShadowTBlack - Hi! I don’t believe that’s what the quote meant. It doesn’t have anything to do with overthinking, which definitely wouldn’t kill you, but with apprehension and suspicion. The quote is located at the tales, and with a little more context it’ll become clearer:
«How potent is a strong emotion! Sometimes an impression can cut so deep, that people can die of mere imagination».
Pranav Limaye agreed!
You can visit Canterbury city and enjoy watching the tales in Canterbury tales museum .. don't forget to take a picture with Geoffrey statue.. Canterbury is one of most lovely cities I visited its a pure gem and this video made me cry for remembering my days on it #nostalgia
hm but did you see the ghost?
I remember reading this in AP English. Good times
Harshil Patel Me too apparently but I didn’t really like it.
Indian?
Me too
Araling panlipunan
me too
The narrators voice is amazing
True I cannot concentrate the first time hahaha! Had to rewatch it
Iseult is a quite beautiful name.
Princess of Ireland, lover of Tristan. I believe Tolkien's character Isildur's name was based on it, too.
@@2nd3rd1st Well remembered!
1:31 “Have you smoked this new weed, Sooth?”
“Your joint stinks [so no]”
Everything you need to know to read “Paradise Lost” , someday?
Who else is an English Major?
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The Miller's Tale is definitely one of the best. I've just finished recording a reading of it in Middle English, and have a reading of the complete General Prologue on my channel that has been well-received, if anyone is interested in hearing the Tales in their original language.
Geoffrey Chaucer, the original Clickbait content creator.
That explains a lot!
Romance of the Three Kingdoms next?
I must thanks you TedEd, because by these videos i discover wonderfulls books to read, but May i suggest something?
Could you do a video about The ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes? I think it could be appropiate for this section.
Thank you.
Alfonso mi deludi
Don't you worry, Alfonso M. That lesson is on its way!
TED-Ed Excellent suggestion and an amazing video is expected TedEd. The bar is set very high indeed!
Not only did he never finish his work but he included a retraction at the end of The Canterbury Tales. Whether this was actually sincere or more satire and just a funny excuse as to why he didn't finish them I don't know. It's just another English classic that I wish was completed but will never be, along with the ranks of The Faerie Queene and Don Juan. And yes, Chaucher did copy the device of Boccaccio, but it was a popular device for short stories and he wasn't the only one who did so. It's not plagiarizing it's taking inspiration in a framing device.
Ted Ed is wonderful, my kids and I watch their video and we love the literature and writing videos, the riddles are amazing as well. May I recommend a video about Edgar Allan Poe and other famous poets? Or videos generally about poetry?
I prefer to think he knew what he was doing and decided to let the readers choose who the winner was. But more likely he just ran out of time before he died and finally skinted ye klappe.
I was assigned to read the Canterbury Tales yesterday. Talk about coincidences huh?
No knock against the Tales, but this is proof that academics will consider anything high culture if it's old enough. Can you imagine anything of more recent vintage that contains fart jokes being called a "revered piece of literature" by scholars.
I think it was subversive for that day and age, while here any child could make that joke.
Scholars respect Chaucer for his form, not content. The stories could be about literally anything, it wouldn't matter as long as it's told well
perfect timing because we are discussing Middle English literature right now!! thank you Ted-Ed!!
ok but you should've mentioned that the tales kept hanging because He died
This is my go-to book when things in real life get challenging. So much fun. 😊
Chaucer was an unexpected delight when I read it as a first year university student. Such a fun read.
You make the book I despise with a passion sound so nice.
YES! so true haha
Make one of Don Quixote!
My English teacher sent me a link to watch this
Nice video, but you forgot to add a very important information, that is how this work is very VERY heavily influenced (not to say basically copied) by Boccaccio's book "Decameron" that Chaucer probably read during his tracels in Italy. Come on, it's unpleasant for us Italians to see an Italian idea attributed to another author
And the Decameron borrows much of its stories from various other sources. That's how literature goes.
We have similar thing in old indian literature
The same can be said of Bocaccio and several oriental texts (such as tales from the Panchatantra, The thousand and One Nights, the Brihat Katha cycle and Barlaam and Josaphat) which were diffused in Greek, Hebrew and Latin translations by the 12th century. Not only that, but also he "copied" from authors like Petrarch, Paulus Diaconus, Don Juan Manuel. He took source materials from local oral traditions, french and latin authors as well.
Of course, neither Boccaccio nor Chaucer plagiarized other works and authors, but took inspiration and influence from them, and created their own version of it (especially in the vernacular quality and idiosyncratic characters); so we should stop diminishing Chaucer's work, and praise it, just as we do with Boccaccio. I read both works, and I liked them the same.
The Decameron is the Italian version of Canterbury Tales.
Tales about the differing social classes became important as national identities were being formed (what makes "England", England?) something historian attribute to happening in England during the 100 Years War. So Canterbury Tales answers that question.
The fact you think the Canterbury tales is a plagiarism of the Decameron proves you have never read either. They are so different that the only thing connecting them is a similar structure not even invented by either Boccaccio or Chaucer.
The Canterbury tales is universally the more popular and interesting work. Boccaccio literally plagiarised every single story in the Decameron from other countries stories.
Italian literature has not been relevant since the renaissance period and even then Italy was starting to have to desperately try and keep up with English writers, playwrights and philosophers. English literature far exceeds Italian literature in both quality and influence. English is spoken all over the world. Italian is only spoken in Italy and Sicily.
England's writers, playwrights and philosophers are read widely in every country in the world. Italy’s are only read when translated into English.
Please do everything you need to know to read Franz Kafka
& yeah this comment is only 4 Some* understanding it .. obviously .. : .. perps wishin they coulds remininsce like PREDATORSZ* .. lolll * ..
Middle English is SO HARD TO READ
0:35 That's not a deterrent, that's a turn on
Love this narrator’s voice! Simply the best.
Can you please do video about literary criticism
My teacher teach is the Canterbury tales and it's so worth it about reading it the best tale is the pardoners tale
Tried reading this I aLmOsT dIeD
( I am in 7th grade)
It was so difficult
berries and cream
Deh good video
The Canterbury Tales is worth reading. Please make a video of the "Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupéry next time.
Thank you_Ted-ed.
Ted Ed makes Canterbury Tales much more interesting!
Yeah ok why did my teacher make e watch this for english... im dying
My English teacher asked my class to watch this.....
Err.... why did you focus so explicitly on the adultery tale? The presentation seems positive, which would match some of the philosophy TED ED has espoused in the past.
Probably because the Miller's Tale is one of the most famous and the one a person is most likely to have heard of.
I thought he had died before completing his work, and thus The Canterbury Tales was an unfinished piece.
(The "Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio is better)
Confermo
Confessio Amantis Vox Clamantis
Yea, hate when our english teacher keeps on trying to make Chaucer seem somewhat of good writer, his book is boring and of the 120 stories he should have written he did only 29 (or 24 don't remember) in more years than Boccacio did the Decameron
The fact you think the Canterbury tales is a plagiarism of the Decameron proves you have never read either. They are so different that the only thing connecting them is a similar structure not even invented by either Boccaccio or Chaucer.
The Canterbury tales is universally the more popular and interesting work. Boccaccio literally plagiarised every single story in the Decameron from other countries stories.
Italian literature has not been relevant since the renaissance period and even then Italy was starting to have to desperately try and keep up with English writers, playwrights and philosophers. English literature far exceeds Italian literature in both quality and influence. English is spoken all over the world. Italian is only spoken in Italy and Sicily.
England's writers, playwrights and philosophers are read widely in every country in the world. Italy’s are only read when translated into English.
@@maxfer1002 The fact you think the Canterbury tales is a plagiarism of the Decameron proves you have never read either. They are so different that the only thing connecting them is a similar structure not even invented by either Boccaccio or Chaucer.
The Canterbury tales is universally the more popular and interesting work. Boccaccio literally plagiarised every single story in the Decameron from other countries stories.
Italian literature has not been relevant since the renaissance period and even then Italy was starting to have to desperately try and keep up with English writers, playwrights and philosophers. English literature far exceeds Italian literature in both quality and influence. English is spoken all over the world. Italian is only spoken in Italy and Sicily.
England's writers, playwrights and philosophers are read widely in every country in the world. Italy’s are only read when translated into English.