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How is Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales best described?

AA social chronicle with engaging tales

BA collection of epic poems about King Arthur

CA philosophical treatise on the nature of reality

DA collection of sonnets detailing courtly love

Answer:

A. A social chronicle with engaging tales

Read Explanation:

  • Chaucer records social life and human types of his time.

  • His strength lies in vivid storytelling and characterization.

  • It is more worldly and humorous than Langland.


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