ChaucerThere was no printed book in Chaucer's time, and there was little contact between different parts of the UK, so the English spoken by different regions was quite different. Moreover, at that time, the court language was French, and the academic language was Latin. Chaucer was the first court writer to write in English. He lives in London and naturally uses the English of the counties in the middle of England, rather than the northern or southern dialects of England. His works have made great contributions to the formation of modern English.Chaucer is the first writer who uses monologue to create characters. The beauty of this technique lies in that it is not the characters who directly say what kind of people they are, but that they often unconsciously expose their essence and character in their own lives. For example, the despicability of selling atonement coupons is not that he tells how greedy and shameless he is, but that he talks about it. He's not repenting, he's preaching.Chaucer not only created dramatic monologues, but also introduced many other literary genres to English literature. Canterbury Tales,the most famous work of Chaucer, is a treasure house of literary genres. Although there are only 21 complete stories and other unfinished fragments in Chaucer's story collection, they include most literary genres in Europe at that time, such as Knight stories, marketplace stories, tragedy stories, comedy stories, legends, saints, historical legends, religious miracles, animal fables, religious fables, sermons, etc. Chaucer's introduction of tragic stories into English literature is of special significance.Chaucer not only created works famous in the world, but also created a tradition. His experiment and exploration opened up a new era of English literature, especially laid a foundation for the overall prosperity of English literature in the Elizabethan era. Shakespeare and other successors were the biggest beneficiaries of the exploration and innovation in Chaucer's era. Among the major English writers of his time, Chaucer was undoubtedly the most widely influenced by foreign influences, but from the perspective of the history of English literature, he was the most "British" and was regarded as "the father of English poetry".18.What kind of story is not involved in the Canterbury Tales?