instruction:
Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.
question:
The strongly featured character Alyson/Alys in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is better known as?
answer:
the canterbury tales


question:
Which film director won the Oscar for Best Picture for the film 12 Years a Slave in 2013?
answer:
12 years a slave


question:
Who wrote the 1964 book 'The Corridors of Power'?
answer:

corridors of power