The Canterbury Tales versus The Decameron: Literary Kissing Cousins

In the 14th century around the end of the 13th century Italy began the cultural revolution. This will wipe out the old medieval order and create a new era of creativity and enlightenment. This era, known as Italian Renaissance, begins in the city of Florence and soon will spread to other parts of the Italian peninsula such as Venice and Rome. This is the renewal of Italian culture and is brought about by the new interest in ancient Roman and Greek classical culture.

Jose found inspiration in several stories of medieval Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio. A story called the 'January Garden' (the tenth day, the fifth story), a lot of literary researchers compared with Boccaccio 's Decameron (1340' s) and Joe 's Canterbury story (1380' s). In this story, Boccaccio introduces a marriage event where a handsome boss tests his wife's beliefs and devotion to her husband. "The story of Franklin" is also the story of Boccaccio's story Il Filocolo (1330s) that conveys stories about lovers, marriages, and men and wife's choices when they make contact with the incident.

Despite the big difference between the plot and the theme, Geoffrey Chaucer and Giovanni Boccaccio have many notable similarities between "The Canterbury Tales" and "Decameron" respectively. The two 14th century stories, Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio and "The Canterbury Tales" of Geoffrey Chaucer are very similar in many ways. The extent to which Bokacho's work has influenced Joe's literary work has been questioned for academic literature (Thompson 1-2) for many years, but some critics think that this argument can not be solved. Personal consideration for the author (Edwards 11)

The collection of stories is the most popular literary meeting in the 14th century. Boccaccio 's Decameron is the most famous example before Joe' s era, but Canterbury Tales' Joe Out is better than his predecessor. He did this from the range and vigor of his story, from the courtroom of the "knight's story" to the rough and obscene humor of technlally known fabliaux. Thirty pilgrims including Joe You spent the spring day at Tabad in Sazark. Harry Bailly, the owner of the hotel, is the true modern person of Chaucer (his name is characteristic of history). He will be their guide on the way to Canterbury, and he encourages them to spend their journey by telling the story. All pilgrims must teach two ways, two return trips. Whoever is determined to tell the best stories, they will have dinner at Tabard for free when they return.