ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which language is the Divine Comedy written?
A
Florentine vernacular
B
latino
C
Sicilian vernacular
D
the language of notaries
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Divine Comedy was written in the Tuscan dialect of Italian. This dialect eventually became the model for the standard Italian language. Dante’s use of the vernacular language was unusual and innovative since most written material at the time was written in Latin.

Detailed explanation-3: -Much of The Divine Comedy is composed in the Italian vernacular which Dante regarded as the true and richly storied expression of the Italian people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: No, The Divine Comedy was not originally written in Latin. It was one of the first pieces f literature written in the vernacular. This is one of the reasons it is so special.

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