Chaucer's Narrator: 'Troilus and Criseyde' and the 'Canterbury Tales'

Author / Editor
Mehl, Dieter.

Title
Chaucer's Narrator: 'Troilus and Criseyde' and the 'Canterbury Tales'

Published
Piero Boitani and Jill Mann, eds. The Cambridge Chaucer Companion (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986), pp. 213-26.

Description
The Chaucerian narrator "directs our responses and controls the narrative situation" but does not give definite answers. The narrators of BD, HF, PF, and LGW are not necessarily representative of Chaucer himself. The ever-present narrator of TC forces the audience to participate empathetically and creatively. The narrators of CT never let us forget that they are storytellers.

Alternative Title
The Cambridge Chaucer Companion.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.