Question

Which of the following texts is a collection of stories that a group of pilgrims tell each other?

• A. The Shepheardes Calender
• B. The Pilgrim’s Progress
• C. The Canterbury Tales
• D. Parliament of Fowls

Hint:

A frame narrative} is a literary technique where multiple stories are told within a larger story, as seen in The Canterbury Tales.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Understanding the question.
The question asks for a literary text that is structured as a collection of stories narrated by pilgrims during a journey.
Step 2: Analysis of options.
(A) The Shepheardes Calender is a pastoral poem by Edmund Spenser, not a frame narrative of pilgrims.
(B) The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is an allegorical novel, not a set of stories told by multiple characters.
(C) The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a classic frame narrative in which pilgrims traveling to Canterbury tell stories to each other.
(D) Parliament of Fowls is an allegorical poem, not a story collection by pilgrims.
Step 3: Conclusion.
Since The Canterbury Tales exactly fits the description of pilgrims narrating stories to one another, option (C) is correct.