A critical note on Chancer's art of portraiture in The General Prologue.

 MEG – 01: BRITISH POETRY

ASSIGNMENT 2021 - 2022

2. Write a critical note on Chancer's art of portraiture in The General Prologue.

Ans. The Portraits: It is the General Prologue that serves to establish firmly the framework for the entire

story-collection: the pilgrimage that risks being turned into a tale-telling competition. The title "General Prologue" is a modern invention, although a few manuscripts call it prologues. There are very few major textual differences between the various manuscripts. The structure of the General Prologue is a simple one. After an elaborate introduction in lines 1-34, the narrator begins the series of portraits (limes 35-719). These are followed by a report of the Host's suggestion of a tale-telling contest and its acceptance (lines 720-821). On the following morning the pilgrims assemble and it is decided that the Knight shall tell the first tale (lines 822-858).

 

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