坎特伯雷故事集
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer、John E. Cunningham、Peter Ackroyd、Ted Stearn · 初版 1400 年
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为什么值得读
- 用词精准考究且体现语言丰富细节
- 大声朗读或听音频可体会中古英语魅力
- 深刻揭示中世纪各色人物丰富的内心生活
这是 Geoffrey Chaucer 于 14 世纪末用 Middle English 创作的故事集。这些故事（大多为诗体，部分为散文）是一群朝圣者从 Southwark 前往 Canterbury Cathedral 的 Saint Thomas Becket 圣殿途中，作为讲故事比赛的一部分而讲述的。在包括 Troilus and Criseyde、House of Fame 和 Parliament of Fowls 在内的众多作品中，The Canterbury Tales 是 Chaucer 的代表作。他通过这些故事和人物描写，对英国社会进行了充满讽刺与批判意味的刻画……
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既然还没人提，那我想把乔叟（Chaucer）的《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales）和《贝奥武夫》（Beowulf）加进书单。我高中时都读过，而且非常喜欢。
Since no one has mentioned them I just wanted to add "The Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer and "Beowulf" to the list. I've both read them in high school and liked them very much.
读乔叟的作品是观察词汇用法的好练习，在《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales）中，Horse（马）这个词极少出现（甚至可能压根没用过，我不太确定），取而代之的是用极其具体的词来描述不同类型的马，比如 Palfrey（轻型骑乘马）、Charger（战马）等等。在现代世界，我们对待……也是一样的
Reading Chaucer is a good exercise for looking at how words are used, in "The Canterbury Tales" the word Horse is rarely (if ever, I'm not sure) used, instead very specific words are used to describe the type of horse in question Palfrey, Charger, etc. In the modern world, we are the same with…
…教导。普鲁塔克（Plutarch）很棒，但我确实很喜欢那段历史时期。在这之上我还会加上读一读李维（Livy）早期的部分著作。去读读杰弗里·乔叟（Geoffrey Chaucer）的《坎特伯雷故事集》（Canterbury Tales），或者更棒的是去听听音频，大声朗读出来你就能跟上里面的中古英语（Middle English）了。马基雅维利的《君主论》（The Prince）依然牛得不行，是实事求是探讨政治现实而非人们所期望的乌托邦的里程碑之作。莎士比亚当然……
…teaches. Plutarch is great, but I really like that period of history. To it I would add reading some of the earlier bits of Livy. Read, or better yet listen to audio of a few of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, out loud you can follow their Middle English. Machiavelli's The Prince is still damned good, and a landmark in talking about politics as it is, not as how people would like it to be. Shakespeare surely…
…现代译本也很棒。你随时可以回头再去读那些更“忠实原著”的版本。一些不错的例子包括：《神曲》（The Divine Comedy，https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Comedy-Dante-Alighieri/dp/0871...）和《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales，https://www.amazon.com/Canterbury-Tales-Retelling-Ackroyd-Cl...）。话虽如此，最好的态度可能是：别太纠结。你肯定会漏掉一些细节，但同样能收获宝贵的见解。
…Modern translations are great too. You can always go back and read more "faithful" ones. Some good examples are: The Divine Comedy (https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Comedy-Dante-Alighieri/dp/0871...) and The Canterbury Tales (https://www.amazon.com/Canterbury-Tales-Retelling-Ackroyd-Cl...). That said, the best approach may be: don't worry about it. Sure you'll miss things, but you'll get valuable insights too.
…这篇文章是用中世纪而不是古代世界的例子开头的，那我们不妨也看看中世纪。中世纪文学对人类情感的挖掘确实相当深刻。乔叟（《坎特伯雷故事集》/Canterbury Tales）、但丁（《地狱篇》/Inferno 等）和薄伽丘（《十日谈》/Decameron）的故事展现了内心世界极度丰富的人物。要是反驳这点，多半只能证明你根本没读过他们。[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_(Augustine)…
…this article started with an example from the middle ages rather than the ancient world, so lets look there as well. Medieval literature does explore human feelings quite deeply. The stories of Chaucer (Canterbury Tales), Dante (Inferno, etc.), and Boccaccio (Decameron) exhibit characters with a rich internal life. Arguing to the contrary mostly proves you have not read them. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_(Augustine)…
在大学的一门语言研讨课上，我们用中古英语精读了《巴斯妇人的故事》（The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe）。《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales）是学习中古英语的绝佳途径，因为内容丰富多样，而且还有带大量注解的优秀双语对照版本。企鹅出版社（Penguin）那本厚重大部头简直棒极了。总的来说，诗歌是……
In a college language seminar we read The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe very closely in Middle English. The Canterbury Tales are a really great way to learn it, because they are so rich and varied and there are great dual language editions with copious notes. The big fat Penguin edition is fantastic. In general, poetry is…