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5、 story tas a furthepc，It seems reaonabl thing o ayWha hercdition was， tefull arrayf eah of t， as it aperd tom，Accoring trofesio anddgree,And ht apparl theywere riding in;Andat Knigt I theeore ill begin.he penig o Chauesral Pologueto The anteruryTaes: A Dptych lin Wiloksonhe openg thitfor linsofte Ge

6、nerl Prolgue stthe scene，ad diveno t qual haves。 Te irst sixtenlines， cmenigWhntat 。.。， are coce it mater geneal： te renewal f atuein Apr with he siultanous desire o mn ad women t out onplgriags。 Thentrl to lines(17-18） re arime riche (pefetrson wdhat rdifent rts f speec) They statete bject ofthe il

7、rimae-the jouy t e shrne of hoa Bet：he ho bliflat frto ske, Th hehath holpn hn thatey wre sekTe remiig sixteen ines，comcng ifilthat 。 。, hom inon seific group oflgis： therrepionat teTabard nand heiplan fr th next day Then folw a argrp(I。 54） whic is clearly eprated mhe foegng by But nthee。 In t Chau

8、ce explais tat he wll esn thrde ih characer sktchsof ndiviual plgrims, cludng thir socialranandtheir dress。e diion Ihae indictedre nforb th scrie f th lesere MS. He eserveiluminated cpital letes for prtiuar dicatio。Thu, eac nwpilgrims descrpon cee with adecorate iial ltt: knght ther was。 。 With hym

9、the was his one a yong uie . Qher was alo a nonn。 . . , ad so on。hn th dciptons ae omplete and Caucermento tmore gea arative (II。 71558）, only hefrst cpital of ht er 143i passge is lminated： Nowave I toold you soohly。 .。 Yt att beginnig of the Geerarlg wefid th decorated apiaa te irt line: Whan hatA

10、pr 。 。 . ; so，too， dircty after eri iche, at lin 19： Bflthat ntha sea . 。 ; an at ne3: But thelees 。 。Tus h scondsiteline sectinI hae metioned is separated， nd the scri drws ouatentono anwginng after li 34。Thiswinftnin to strucualcnfiguration by colured captalsisof apce ith the two successess othe e

11、vice incios XV (lastanza） dXII (irst anza） o Perl， idenlyo emphaszethasecinV contains acryptiix(rather tha the uual five) stnzs pat rom this exta decorated atal insectio ny heirstcaital letter ofech sectonf Pearl s coloure. Asac st ha twle lns, tfivetanzaper ectio form ttas sixtyln per stion. ection

12、 Vcontain， howevr, seveyt lies (。e x stnzas), unbrokenanew caitl ete Bunsecti VI ntrusive cpital leter iroduce te ift stana， drawng tenton tte fct that there wodhav een aloureaital there f the pvou secn had ontane t gular fie stazas ofthe otr neten setions of poem。 The next tnz again has cured cial，

13、becausethatinrodes ion XVI. Itas often een pond out ta th etng numbe ofstns-101isso （n surel e thancoinidentally) thumb o ersearagraphs n anotheor b the am poet, Sir Gwain nd he Gree Kght.ome editrve，howv, ssu ta ee was nonuthoril aitionofa stanza i ecion V of Pear；（1） but, a he swor of the loaed se

14、cionXis nuerpelese(nevethles）, a ord takn up athe firtord of sein X, tere woulapertoe an allsin t te umeolgy。 Furhrmore， nue p le s th finphrase of evey oe of the sistanzasf section X. ad theitrive captl cured at stnza 6 of sctionXV，on might arge thtthe srib, acust to fv-stanza seton， atiipted a ew

15、secio ndpaind a ecora capitaBut its reoval ti atr reinforcests crytic sigfcane。Bt nathes (Btnverthless) isthepraseChauce lso usesin line35 o thGneral roloue，erhas，like he Parlpoet， to areaderso heprceig numbro ines。The enin thityfourline of he Genera Plogue s thescen， n diide nt two equal halves.Te

16、fissiteen lnes, commenng han tht 。 。，e conernd wthatters general： th reewal ofaure in Apil with h smultaeous desiro nd wmen to set out nilgrim. Te ceral to lins (118）rearime iche （pefct rhye o words tha are ifferent pars of seec)。 st he objetof th pilgrimge-h journeyo thesrio ThmaBecket：The hoy blis

17、ful arti tosk， hat em ath op wh that hy wre eeke.The remining xteen lines,ommencing Bifil that .。 。, hom n na pecificgup iims： heir reption at theTabard In ad ther lansohe nextday hollows pararph （I。 3542) hihs clarlyepatedfrm he foregoin by But nathelee.In it hauer explainthte will prsen the reade

18、withcaratersketche ofthe ndividual pilgim,iclung thi oclrakd her dressTe divisions Iaveinictdre rinfrce ythe scribeof the Eesme M。He rserves ilinaed caia tts for partiar indicaton。 hus, eachnew lrmssciio oences whadcorated initil etter: A knyhthe was . . Wi hym ther wai oe o squier. .Q was also a no

19、ne 。 . ，and so on。 When the rptiosre copletand Chacervs on t tere geral narive （I75858)，y the fst cpital f that ntire 4line passa is illminated: Now h I tool ou soty . 。 . Ye a he eginnig ofe eneral rogewe ind te ecated pitl at te fir line：Wan that pril 。 ; so, oo， directlyter th rim ric， at n : Bif

20、il ht intat season 。; an lin5： ut nahlees .。 。 Ths he econdxee-line ecto I he entiond is paratd,and the scribe draws ur atenoto a nebeginning afer lie。his rag of atention to structuralonfgraiby cudcaitasis of a piecewh e two ccessive uses othe evice in sions XVI (las stanza) d XVII （frst ta） Pal, ev

21、ienly tpaize hat tin V contina cypc six(rathe tanth usua five)sazs prtr thi extra eadcapitl section Inlythe irst aptleer of each section ofPerl iscooured As ach staza as welveines， e five sanz pe scnfrm ttassixty lines prsecton。etion X contin， however， eventw ines （。e。 ix sanzs)，unoken by a ne captl

22、 letter. u i ectoXVI n intusiaital leter ntroducs th fif sanza,rawin attentin o thefact that tre woud avbeena cloued aalthre if theprvos sectio aconained the egulive stans fthe other nineensection of t poeThe ne nzaaga has acloured pitl， bcause tt ntroducs sectoXVIIIt hasoftenee pointed u tha h resl

23、ting nuber ofstnzas-01salo (ad srey mor tha ccietaly) hnumerf vese-ragphsin ather o by the sam poet, SirGaain an the Green Knight e ditrs hve, however， assme that ther a no-auoral adiiof a staza in setn XV ofPerl；(n1) bu, asthlstwor of he eongadsection V s eerplese （nevertless), a wor tkn upa te fst

24、 wodo section XVI,tere ould appar to be a allsion th nmery。rteror，neuer pe is the fnl phase f veryone of th x tanzas o sectin .Hdthe intruivecapial ocued at stza of setXV,one might arguethat th sib,accustomedo fivestaa section, cipate a n ection an pant decor capital。 Bt it eovl tilllaterrnfcesit ry

25、pc igiiac. But ahees （Bt erthless)s the phrase Chaucraso sein le3 of the Genrarolue,perha, like te Parl-pe， o lrthis reads t he preein umber of lies cerian thryfulne page is ighly sructured。 The emicn betweenthe atral decritinnd the igmage is that odeah andrbirth. On the rthlyel， the ebirth ofspring

26、timefollo t ea ofwinter andthe drough of Marc. n thespiitalevel， ms thougturn to martyrwh uffered physc death，ut who isnow alive inspr and active in estoring lifefor the sick. arly n e pasa， Chaucer ingraes thee eahlsiritul emes ofda n rurctin by means of emnt confo lowed by fson。Th conusion occus i

27、n hsemnticfieldsovtu an npied. Bot o, depndig on coxt, col in the furtenth cenury hatheogic ，as th pesent inace， leraly etylogiclsenses （atin irus, trength;Lati inspirare，breth into) Thstcommon use ofipir in th foureent cnry carriesthe mplicaininfusion of ivne resece。（n2)It s thoughtin theidle Ages

28、tha oraedh worl in Mach(n3) I in 2 of thGeerl rogue Chacer spcificallymntions th droghte ofMarh which is broken by Apl ain. In the Ceation story the dy Earh s rougtto ife bwter； God then brates th cly （inravit) o makeman。(n4) Though te March drought has en attribut to literar covenio,bt is fc，(5） t

29、raher unuual ispe igers ff ths wholeeries of conoato whih connect th nature deipon with he Ceio ty。hese are not he onlywords Chucer uss nthe paag wt teintenti o iicting that tee is piiual snficion in the phsi rldaroudus. Bcusether tugts ae o lve, te bisdo t seeinri。 Chaucer cal says that aur prikthh

30、em . 。in r corags (11）。Thewod coage（Lati cor； Frenc ceu） in the context meas erotic lvadther my el be a exualwor-ply on prikeh.（n6） Whcrage is nex used in the pasa， however， it s ulified by adjective evout： T Caunterbury wihfuldevtcrage， （ 22） tsmenig ha moved fothe natural o he spiritual, f eo to a

31、pe。Giventhiedency, it may ell be that theanuage e aboutesu isitended t idcate ashiftfrm theaonial otesiritual，throuwolay。The sun ecribdanthopoorphialy：i isong， t ru, igoes t rest。 In te secod hal of te passae the ilis e sleep and age erly for to yse. Th birthdearesuctinprmeaing theaage ma ell contai

32、nth adnointiosu/sn （n of od）。 The connecion btwn suniseand he resrecion o Christ he mrtyr rcheype ispesent n tebibl aouns. In Mak 16： 2 we read tat it wa Sundaythat h to ays etherse Christ：Et leane vr early itherning 。 。 。 or iam e atsurise。 I vrse 9， we ar td that Chris imelfse ealy：Surgens autemmn

33、e。 n English the exists theotetial f odplay n sun/sn not availble i Ltine seems to e made ofthiptenl( eselytheame ontx） n Piers Plwman。(7)Alastai Fwlediscuse e imporance of cenrality ofositn in eevalandRnassance thinkigHe gies sn exme the acing thone thecentr o one se of a abe，and arks： In thlr f, e

34、labrte ymmeties oftn surroud h siiicatddle oi（n8） He goes o to ilusrate his paernin many s of Renaissance terature. e ave seen ow h iorin semnt posibilies s a recurrnt em in the two hales of theCaueriapassage Elabratesymtries are indee presentinrepeated rds Theol ym-words ichar rpeted ecentrly pivot

35、e.This kind fatrning in medievallirature hs beenosere by a number ofshola. Fr eample，in his articleCenrl adDiladSovreinty inThreMedeal Poem（aely, The wrys Arthure,Henyson Mralili， and Sr Gaain ahe Gree Knght）， A。 C。 Spearng analyses theimportnce of tceraline of som mdeva omwith the elabot atrng flec

36、ted b each hf， and t stat： uggst this structureiscmarable to tho ictoria ptyh。（9) Sparing obser ta diptyhsruues areomon i medialoetry,vn wen mroogical suctur i absent（theeyxan Alcyonetory an the Ma in lac n the ook oftheuchss， fr exame)。 John cattrgood notes asenclosg， fooverpaer in Chauers ABC， Ane

37、lda and cit, The Compint utity，and omay blesse.（10） P。Ke, wtin on ear, tats: Theclx 。 . is th grettanzaoGodlenieof grac whch cmesath xctcentre o e pem.（n11） Ian Bhp， lsownbout Pear, imilarl remks: the autho o Pearl, instead nuciaing hs tet exicity t he beginning hi cposion,placsit t t etreich is th

38、ot imortat ositn i apoemwhseextnl stuctur nearycircula andwhoseinern strutu ismore o less ymtrical。（n1） Bth ean andBish also anase thtpemsse of numogy。StErenmaldsa clasc ityc poem It consists of 52 linesLine I gn with a larg capitl lette, At Lnd。 。 . Theonly therlar cata oursdirectly ater line176,th

39、e hafwy pointi he m。 Line 77 reads, Thenhe turesto etoumb and tlktothe crce . 。 ， were the wor turnes dwsattnion to te eing one seo consiertions to un to anther。(n3） Clifford Peerson, iis dition ofSt Erknald, remarks： Te prence ofti captal 。. 。 is alotcertinly ntccden It dvdesthpo reciselyint to hae

40、sof lns n coincides wi th bgi o majorporto hem， the ialuewn he ish nd th crpse， daoguwichrings out te poms main concers, heavenly and worljstie and the lvationof te righteous heahn.（n14)Numrlg samost certay work inthe haucanpassageItcontans tity-frine， ad the lf-wayiviionat ln 17 reuethtwo alves to

41、share te hnn imiche couplet。 Agustine， in a dissson of th nmbe of fih n the soryf the raculous ughtffshes (on 21： 1）， epain that 153 is tPytagoean tranglarfigure of 7， and that 17 i ignifiant becase c denote t ecalge， an7 te gts of he oly host whichmke it osibleforn to fulilthe 1 law nd tus bce a sa

42、nt（5） In this umbr1 here is found, a i ohrmes repesenting a combinatin of smbols, a onderfulmysery, Agutie rts.Hehenges on to aduce te eidc oPsl 1，whereDaidprass God for deliverng im frmhen f Sa： H in Hs Churh， that is, His bdy， stil ndurstmaleof enemes。If Caucer hadinmindthis paticua passag frm Aus

43、ine, the Becket parale oul havbeen sen s parcularly aptFowler otes tath domina inepreatonby thCrc Fathers wastht 153 preseted symbolically the nmbro the Elect。”(n16) InTh i God， Austine gan remarks onthonnatin10withte Delogue, and n te aintl connotion ofth numbe : Th thoy fnuber i no to e lighly reg

44、ed，sce it is ade quiecler in anpsags oftholySripture, hw hil it is o e valed . . . The umbe evens lso perfc。 。 . it wso e seventh d . t thers of Gd isempsisd, a in this estw har h first meniosantiication”。（n17) I i prhaps significn h line of the Chceian pasag contains he irst mtion of e holy,blisful

45、 bssed maryr，the ainthose he atCanterury is te obect of he plgrs questh ivotal blnc atthre ricorsa hng orthe cuingly integrated dptyh pattern ofthe passe，whose veryfor reinfoce, is inde at f, itspiritual sigifcac.NOTE1 Many commtatrsaccptthtth additona staa is authorial Thesultg 01 tzas and 12 lnesm

46、 be numergilly sinifican： he poe ma consantreerenetohe o of velton，ad ments the 14，00 souls hwll besaved according tha book he 121 linesnPear mabe itende to imply2x 12 44。Goanz， howeve， inte EETSfacsimle eition，remaks irefernct te oloue capitaonfo.52a， By an error, thisrse egins new secio inthe MS.

47、The eali occrrnce cded in ED ofinspie meai t brtheint is tis eeral rlou intance. n Vulgeeesis 2：5-7(te reatin str)weare told tha， though God had mad the patsof h earth， they id ntro bcause He hdnot cause rant fll on e ground.He herefrecaused theerth to yild a i o water theeart.H thecreaed a man frmt

48、e dustand breahed(inspiravit） hspritinto him： sed on acndebte erra， rrigans unera uperiiemterrae FrmvitigiturDomis Des mim d limoterre， nsiravt inaceusspiraclu viae，et fact e omo i anmam viventm The irstxp in Dfipir meaningt rathe or u life itoahun boy isn the Wyclif Bble (c。12）,sdo15：1. Fr th nse f

49、ill with rlgu ardour MED ites a 190pasge, andgives anythent。 examles。 huceuses inpire/espie three further ocasis： th anon Ymans Tal， G，. 1470(meaning elght）， ad in tw css toiy that spernatua beg akeover themind f a human： rius and Csyde，I.712 (Venus， th nht how e esre）， d IV。 18 (Whtg ay yo enspir？） SeBee：Oer eTemrus, ed. C。 .Jons （Cabidge,Mass,14)： De ratione teporm,vI。 6-7, 19054 See 。2above5 SeL. D. Bsons noteo nralPrologue， 1。2， inT Riverside auc