ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
It is true as far as Dante and the Comedy: I. It is a religious epic written in Tuscan medio.II. Use the hendecasyllable triplet.III. It is governed by allegory in content and symmetry in form. IV. Dante died without completing the work and asked that it not be published.
A
I, II, III and IV
B
II, III, and IV
C
I, II, and III
D
I, I, and IV
E
And in IV
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Divine Comedy, Italian La divina commedia, original name La commedia, long narrative poem written in Italian circa 1308–21 by Dante. It is usually held to be one of the world’s great works of literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inferno (Italian: [iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for “Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso.

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