ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Select the correct answer. The divine comedy is considered as.
A
The masterpiece of Italian literature and one of the pinnacles of universal literature.
B
The masterpiece of Greek literature and one of the pinnacles of universal literature.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Though Dante wrote several other works, including treatises on politics and language, the “Divine Comedy”, a chronicle of his imaginary journey through hell and purgatory to heaven, is his masterpiece.

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.

Detailed explanation-3: -An epic poem written by Dante in the early fourteenth century, describing the author’s journey through the afterlife. It has three parts, each of which is concerned with one of the three divisions of the world beyond: the Inferno (hell), the Purgatorio (purgatory), and the Paradiso (heaven).

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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