《十日談》與

《坎特伯雷故事集》一、兩部作品簡介1、薄迦丘與《十日談》（Decameron，1348-1353）

方平、王科一序《幸福在人間！》（意）?？颂崴拱选妒照劇放c《神曲》（DivineComedy）相提并論，稱之為宣傳“幸福在人間”的“人曲”（HumanComedy）。故事集是歐洲第一部現實主義文學作品，歐洲近代短篇小說的奠基之作?！妒照劇凡鍒D：佛羅倫薩流行瘟疫繪畫：綺絲夢達與紀斯卡多繪畫：楊諾與亞伯拉罕

《十日談》插圖與繪畫波提切利《十日談》題材繪畫：老實人納斯塔基奧的故事2.喬叟（1340——1400）與《坎特伯雷故事集》

收有24個故事，讀法：總引＋開場白＋故事（例如，巴斯婦,TheWifeofBath；武士侍從；女尼；磨坊主；廚師；法役等），創(chuàng)立了雙韻體詩。

喬叟畫像與塑像《坎特伯雷故事集》繪畫：前往坎特伯雷的朝圣客們

CompareBoccaccio’sdecameronandChaucer’sCanterburytalestofindthedifferencebetweenthem比較一下卜伽丘的《十日談》和喬叟的《坎特伯雷故事集》的不同。TheBackgroundThoughChaucerandBoccacciosharedsome(aboutthirtytwo)yearsintheirlifetime，EnglandandItalydidnotsharethesamehistoricalperiod．

InChaucer’stime，EnglandwasinherlateMedieval[mid?'iv?l]Age（中世紀時代），whileItalywasalreadyinherRenaissance[r?'ne?s?ns]period(文藝復興時期)inBoccaccio’stime.ChaucerdealsmainlywiththreeestatesinTheCanterburyTales：knight(thenobility)，theworking-man(thethirdestate)andtheeeelesiastie(thechurch)．Theeconomicsituationsofdifferentpeoplearerevealedbythedescriptionofthecharacters，clothingandsocialbackgrounds．AtBoccaccio’stime，theemergingbourgeoisinItalyaregettingmoreandmoreprosperousintermsofwealth.Sothe

wisdomofbusinessmenishighlypraised，corruptionofecclesiasticpeopleisseverelycriticizedandasceticismoftheChristianityiscompletelyrejectedinTheDecameron．

TheContents

The“Prologue”oftheTalesandthe“Preface”togetherwiththe“Introduction”oftheDecameronbothserveastheopeningpartinthetwoworksseparately．Boccacciodoesnotoffermuchinformationinhisshort“Preface”toTheDecameron．

Onthecontrary，Chaucerdescribesbothalotandindetailthebackgroundofthepilgrimage，thecauseoftheideaofstorytellingactivitywhileridingtowardsthedestination．

thecontentsofthetalesintheCanterburyandthestoriesoftheDecameronthemselves．Thetwenty-fourtalesinTheCanterburyTalescovermostsocialaspectsoflateMedievalEnglandincludingpolitics，economics，lawandsociallife．wisdomandclevernessofbusinessmenishighly