FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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why the poems of the Sicilian poets are solemn (they sang with gravity);
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because Sicilian was a court language, therefore refined and suitable, more than others, for poetry;
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because it is in fact the language of poetry that has given excellent proof of its expressive potential;
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because whoever writes in verse does so in Sicilian
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Dante’s day, all major literary philosophical and theological works were written in Latin, even though Latin was no longer learnt as a mother tongue. Dante wrote the De vulgari eloquentia to defend the value of works written in the vernacular.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Written in 1303-05, when Dante was in political exile from his native Florence, De vulgari eloquentia addresses the problem of how to raise the Italian language to the status of Latin in the esteem of the literate public.