ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the prose part of the “Vita nuova’, Dante
A
There are biographical episodes and dreams
B
There are no biographical episodes and dreams, only comments on one’s verses
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The poems present a frame story, recounting Dante’s love of Beatrice from his first sight of her (when he was nine and she eight) all the way to his mourning after her death, and his determination to write of her “that which has never been written of any woman."

Detailed explanation-2: -Dante’s Divine Comedy has flourished for more than 650 years and has been considered a major work since Giovanni Boccaccio wrote a biography of Dante in 1373.

Detailed explanation-3: -Beatrice was Dante’s true love. In his Vita Nova, Dante reveals that he saw Beatrice for the first time when his father took him to the Portinari house for a May Day party.

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