ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dante’s work played an important role in the creation of which modern language?
A
Italian
B
France
C
Spanish
D
Latin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dante is often credited with helping create the Italian language as he used the Tuscan vernacular of his time, rather than Latin, to write the Divine Comedy. As a result of Dante, Florentine Tuscan became the lingua franca of Italy and helped to establish Florence as the creative hub of the Renaissance.

Detailed explanation-2: -It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

Detailed explanation-3: -The epic describes Dante’s imagined journey through Hell and Purgatory to Heaven. Inferno, the most popular and widely studied section of The Divine Comedy, recounts Dante’s travels through the different regions of Hell, led by his mentor and protector, the Roman poet Virgil.

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