ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
IN WHICH WORK DOES DANTE EXPRESS HIS CONCEPT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EMPIRE AND THE PAPATY, AS WELL AS IN THE DIVINE COMEDY?
A
OF MONARCHY
B
CONVIVIAL
C
NEW LIFE
D
ON VULGAR SPEECH
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy). Dante’s Divine Comedy, a landmark in Italian literature and among the greatest works of all medieval European literature, is a profound Christian vision of humankind’s temporal and eternal destiny.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dante began writing the Divine Comedy only after his expulsion from Florence, and it is as much an attempt to make sense of his estrangement from home (and his anger over the situation) as it is a spiritual journey to understand God.

Detailed explanation-3: -Italian poet and scholar Dante Alighieri is best known for his masterpiece La Commedia (known in English as The Divine Comedy), which is universally considered one of world literature’s greatest poems.

Detailed explanation-4: -It might not sound all that funny, but Dante called his epic poem a comedy because, unlike tragedies that begin on a high note and end tragically, comedies begin badly but end well.

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