ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Look at the promotional image, what does it remind us of?
A
The national day commemorating the father of Italian literature
B
Little Red Riding Hood
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dante is known as the “Father of the Italian Language” because he chose to write his verses in the language spoken by ordinary people, opting for the Tuscan dialect, at a time when poetry was generally written in Latin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dante, in full Dante Alighieri, (born c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence [Italy]-died September 13/14, 1321, Ravenna), Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker.

Detailed explanation-3: -Italian literature, like much of its politics and some of its best art and film, favors betrayal, deceit, revenge, and violence. Parks takes us chronologically forward, past Boccaccio and Machiavelli, to explore writers from the past two centuries who deal with loss and selfishness, isolation and pleasure.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Italian literature represents the rich culture of the country and depicts the future heroic legends that lived in the country for ages. The literary language of Italy was Latin before the 13th century. The chronicles, the historical poems and the religious poems written in that era were all in Latin.

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