English Literature them were composed probably after the 14th century, particularly in the 15th century, but they were not collected nor published till much later. The best known of the earliest publications of these ballads was that by Bishop Thomas Percy in the late of the 18h. There are various kinds of ballads events. The Robin Hood Ballads remains the most popular historical, legendary, fantastical, lyrical and humorous. Many of them were devoted to historical Robin Hood Ballads have various kinds of types and stories, but in general these ballads deal with Robin Hood and his men in their struggle against the oppressors of one kind or another, for example, bishops, barons and so on. In terms of LIU Bingshan, "The character of Robin Hood is any-sided. Strong brave and clever, he is at the same time tender-hearted and affectionate. He is a man with a twinkle in his eye, a man fond of a very joke and a hearty laugh. But the dominant key in his character is his hatred for he cruel oppressors and his love for the poor and downtrodden.” Part ll: Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales 1. Chaucer's main contributions to english literature 1)His first and foremost contribution can be found from language aspect. It is Chaucer who formally finished the blend of three languages, Anglo-Saxon English, Normans French and Latin to shape the early form of modern English. Of course, this process of blend lasted more than three hundred years, that is, from William Conquest to Chaucer's time but it is he who first used london dialect English in formal writing, and it is due to his writing that modern English became the only national language accepted all English people. So it cant be overstated to stress Chaucers function in giving birth to the early shape of modern English In terms of one research, in one thousand words that recur most frequently in our speaking and writing, 61.7 percent come from ancient English, that is, Anglo-Saxon English, 30.9 per cent from French, 2.9 per cent from Latin. This statistics can clear illustrate Chaucer 's contribution to modern english because it was still an adventurous action to use London dialect, or Anglo-Saxon English to write a long poem as The Canterbury Tales at that time 2) Based on his application of London Dialect English in his writings, English became a bridge between Literature and the great public, or the mass in MAO Tsedong's words which made it possible for a rapid development taking a beneficial condition from th majority of the people. It probably remains unclear whether English could met its prosperity in the Renaissance if without Chaucers use of London Dialect then a lively language 3)Chaucer pioneered in using the couplet first in his writing, in concrete, 4 accents couplet in his early writing and 5 accents couplet in the famous Canterbury Tales which later was widely used by a lot of writers and was perfected during the time of Enlightenment 4)He devoted a masterpiece The Canterbury Tales to English Literature, which remains a classic with sufficient heritage in both language and artistic achievements. Historically, The Canterbury Tales provides a panorama of the society in his time, that is, the late of the Anglo-Saxon Norman Period and the early of the Renaissance. Artistically, it creates a series of live characters of many ranks from the knights, worriers, landlords or squire in English, monk, clergymen, Oxford scholar, lawyer, doctor, nun, as well as some ordinary people such as the wife of Bath, inns keeper, carpenter, so on and so forth,English Literature －4－ them were composed probably after the 14th century, particularly in the 15th century, but they were not collected nor published till much later. The best known of the earliest publications of these ballads was that by Bishop Thomas Percy in the late of the 18th . There are various kinds of ballads: historical, legendary, fantastical, lyrical and humorous. Many of them were devoted to historical events. The Robin Hood Ballads remains the most popular. Robin Hood Ballads have various kinds of types and stories, but in general these ballads deal with Robin Hood and his men in their struggle against the oppressors of one kind or another, for example, bishops, barons and so on. In terms of LIU Bingshan, “The character of Robin Hood is many—sided. Strong, brave and clever, he is at the same time tender-hearted and affectionate. He is a man with a twinkle in his eye, a man fond of a very joke and a hearty laugh. But the dominant key in his character is his hatred for he cruel oppressors and his love for the poor and downtrodden.” Part II : Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales 1. Chaucer’s main contributions to English Literature 1) His first and foremost contribution can be found from language aspect. It is Chaucer who formally finished the blend of three languages, Anglo-Saxon English, Normans French and Latin to shape the early form of modern English. Of course, this process of blend lasted more than three hundred years, that is , from William Conquest to Chaucer’s time, but it is he who first used London dialect English in formal writing, and it is due to his writing that modern English became the only national language accepted by all English people. So it can’t be overstated to stress Chaucer’s function in giving birth to the early shape of modern English. In terms of one research, in one thousand words that recur most frequently in our speaking and writing, 61.7 percent come from ancient English, that is, Anglo-Saxon English, 30.9 per cent from French, 2.9 per cent from Latin. This statistics can clear illustrate Chaucer’s contribution to modern English because it was still an adventurous action to use London Dialect, or Anglo—Saxon English to write a long poem as The Canterbury Tales at that time. 2) Based on his application of London Dialect English in his writings, English became a bridge between Literature and the great public, or the mass in MAO Tsedong’s words, which made it possible for a rapid development taking a beneficial condition from the majority of the people. It probably remains unclear whether English could met its prosperity in the Renaissance if without Chaucer’s use of London Dialect then a lively language. 3) Chaucer pioneered in using the couplet first in his writing, in concrete, 4 accents couplet in his early writing and 5 accents couplet in the famous Canterbury Tales which later was widely used by a lot of writers and was perfected during the time of Enlightenment. 4) He devoted a masterpiece The Canterbury Tales to English Literature, which remains a classic with sufficient heritage in both language and artistic achievements. Historically, The Canterbury Tales provides a panorama of the society in his time, that is, the late of the Anglo-Saxon Norman Period and the early of the Renaissance. Artistically, it creates a series of live characters of many ranks from the knights, worriers, landlords or squire in English, monk, clergymen, Oxford scholar, lawyer, doctor, nun, as well as some ordinary people such as the wife of Bath, inn’s keeper, carpenter, so on and so forth