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Vetten, Eveline de (2016)

You Are What You Eat: Diet as Vehicle for Characterisation in Chaucer’s General Prologue

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)
This thesis will examine how medieval medical theories about humours, complexions and food properties influence the characterisation of some pilgrims in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales. It will be argued that Chaucer draws on his knowledge of medieval diet and humoral theory to describe and satirise a number of his characters in the General Prologue and, through them, the estates they belong to. The portraits of the Franklin, Monk and Summoner will be analysed using various primary sources about health in the Middle Ages.
chaucer
middle ages
food
medicine
canterbury tales
general prologue
diet
Author
Vetten, Eveline de
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Philology
Supervisors
Caon, Luisella M.D.
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en