Troilus and Criseyde《特洛勒斯和克里希德》 The Parliamentof Fouls《百鸟会议》 The Legend of Good Women《贞洁妇女传奇》 2.3 The Mature Period 5 Apart from minor and miscellaneous works,Chaucer's chief literary interest in the last 14 years of his life was The Canterbury Tales,his masterpiece.Chaucer had reached full maturity in his literary creation,free from any dominant foreign influence. 3.0 The Canterbury Tales 3.1 The Framework 5 The framework here refers to a narrative.which is composed for the purpose of introducingand connectinga series oftales Chaucer's work consists of three parts:The General Prologue,24 tales,two of which left unfinished and separate prologues to each tale with links,comments,quarrels,etc.in between. Chaucer originally planned to have a group of 30 pilgrims with each to tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and another two on the way back.So the total stories of the collection would be 120,some 20 stories more than Boccaccio's.But Chaucer had actually completed only 22 stories,with two more existing in fragments. 3.2 The General Prologue Troilus and Criseyde《特洛勒斯和克里希德》 The Parliament of Fouls《百鸟会议》 The Legend of Good Women《贞洁妇女传奇》 2.3 The Mature Period Apart from minor and miscellaneous works, Chaucer's chief literary interest in the last 14 years of his life was The Canterbury Tales, his masterpiece. Chaucer had reached full maturity in his literary creation, free from any dominant foreign influence. 3.0 The Canterbury Tales 3.1 The Framework The framework here refers to a narrative, which is composed for the purpose of introducing and connecting a series of tales. Chaucer's work consists of three parts: The General Prologue, 24 tales, two of which left unfinished and separate prologues to each tale with links, comments, quarrels, etc. in between. Chaucer originally planned to have a group of 30 pilgrims with each to tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and another two on the way back. So the total stories of the collection would be 120, some 20 stories more than Boccaccio's. But Chaucer had actually completed only 22 stories, with two more existing in fragments. 3.2 The General Prologue 5’ 5’ 5’