Chaucer the pilgrim

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Chaucer the pilgrim is the fictionalized version of Geoffrey Chaucer who appears within The Canterbury Tales as a naïve, observant narrator and fellow traveler among the pilgrims.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
appearsIn The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Harry Bailly ⓘ
The Host ⓘ
The Knight ⓘ
The Miller ⓘ
The Pardoner ⓘ
linked to: Pardoner

The Parson ⓘ
The Wife of Bath ⓘ
basedOn Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
describedAs meek ⓘ
unassuming ⓘ
distinguishedFrom historical Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
fictionalTimePeriod 14th century ⓘ
firstAppearsIn General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
genreContext frame narrative ⓘ
medieval pilgrimage narrative ⓘ
hostedBy Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn ⓘ
journeyDestination Canterbury ⓘ
journeyPurpose pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket ⓘ
languageOfWork Middle English ⓘ
literaryDevice authorial self-insertion ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
metaLiteraryRole fictionalized author within his own text ⓘ
narrativeFunction describes the personalities of the pilgrims ⓘ
reports the tales told by other pilgrims ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrativeReliability unreliable narrator ⓘ
occupationInFiction poet ⓘ
participatesIn story-telling contest among pilgrims ⓘ
portrayedAs naïve ⓘ
observant ⓘ
self-deprecating ⓘ
somewhat obtuse ⓘ
roleInWork frame narrator of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
selfRepresentationOf Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
settingOfActivity Tabard Inn, Southwark ⓘ
tellsTale Tale of Sir Thopas ⓘ
The Tale of Melibee ⓘ
travelsRoute from Southwark to Canterbury ⓘ
travelsWith the Canterbury pilgrims ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Canterbury Tales → narrator → Chaucer the pilgrim ⓘ
Merchant (The Canterbury Tales) → describedBy → Chaucer the narrator ⓘ
subject linked to: Merchant
linked to: Chaucer the pilgrim
Eagle guide → guidesCharacter → Geoffrey Chaucer (narrator-persona) ⓘ
linked to: Chaucer the pilgrim
Tabard Inn → associatedWithCharacterGroup → Chaucer’s pilgrims ⓘ
linked to: Chaucer the pilgrim
Tale of Sir Thopas → narrativeFrameSpeaker → Chaucer (pilgrim) ⓘ
linked to: Chaucer the pilgrim
The Tale of Melibee → narratorWithinCanterburyTales → Chaucer (the pilgrim) ⓘ
linked to: Chaucer the pilgrim
Harry Bailly → associatedWithPerson → Chaucer (the pilgrim-narrator) ⓘ
linked to: Chaucer the pilgrim
The General Prologue → narrator → Chaucer the pilgrim ⓘ