ARTISTIC THINKING AND CREATIVE PRINCIPLES IN THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER

Abstract

This article examines the specific features of artistic thinking and creative principles in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the most prominent representatives of Middle English literature. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which Chaucer reflects the social, cultural, moral, and intellectual realities of medieval England through artistic representation. The study focuses primarily on The Canterbury Tales, which demonstrates the author's innovative approach to characterisation, narrative organisation, genre interaction, and the representation of social reality. Chaucer's creative principles are analysed in relation to the medieval literary tradition, with particular emphasis on the interaction between inherited literary conventions and emerging forms of individual artistic expression. The article argues that Chaucer's artistic thinking is characterised by the combination of medieval worldview, realistic observation, social diversity, irony, and psychological individualisation. His creative method demonstrates a gradual transformation of traditional medieval literary patterns and contributes to the development of new principles of literary representation.