FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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THE ILLUSTRIOUS VERNAGAR SHOULD BE USED ONLY FOR THE MOST NOBLE TOPICS
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ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE HAVE EQUAL DIGNITY AS LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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THE ILLUSTRE VERNAGAR IS ONLY THE FLORENTINE VERNAGAR
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THERE IS NO COMMON LANGUAGE IF THERE IS NO UNITED POWER CENTER
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Detailed explanation-1: -De vulgari eloquentia (Ecclesiastical Latin: [de vulˈgaːri eloˈkwɛntsja]; “On eloquence in the vernacular") is the title of a Latin essay by Dante Alighieri. Although meant to consist of four books, it abruptly terminates in the middle of the second book.
Detailed explanation-2: -Here, Dante equivocates “illustrious” with “power.” When the every-talk of the common person is used in a way that is empowering, then it can be said that such vernacular is “illustrious."
Detailed explanation-3: -In order to reach a local audience, many people wrote in the vernacular, bypassing Latin, the language of the Church. In particular Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarch are three Italian poets who truly turned the Tuscan dialect, their vernacular, into the standard Italian literary language (Wilson, 136).
Detailed explanation-4: -For Dante as poet, language is the medium in which his art is expressed; for Dante as philosopher, language is itself an object of study. Dante was a master of his art, which implies he had a theoretical knowledge of it; he also had a practical understanding of human nature, character, and the emotions.