Islamski i kur’anski motivi u književnosti Geoffreya Chaucera: Kanterberijske priče
Islamic and Qur’anic Motifs in the Literature of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we discussed Qur’anic, Islamic and oriental motifs incorporated in the literary work of the English writer Geoffrey Chaucer. We tried to investigate the ways in which Islam, Islamic tradition and culture, the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad, inspired and encouraged some of his works or certain moments in his works. First of all, we discussed the historical context. We then turned our attention to his famous work, The Canterbury Tales, and brought out the ways in which Chaucer incorporated elements of Islamic culture and spirituality within this work. Finally, in the third part of the paper, in addition to Islamic and oriental motifs, we especially discussed the mentioning of Prophet Muhammad in Chaucer’s images of the Man of Law’s Tale from the Canterbury Tales, in which the indicated motifs are present and articulated.

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