ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The CONVIVIO is written:
A
In the vernacular so that everyone could read it and thus approach the culture of the learned.
B
In Latin because it is a work with high content.
C
In the vernacular because it is the now widespread language.
D
In Latin as the title denotes. s
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In order to reach a local audience, many people wrote in the vernacular, bypassing Latin, the language of the Church. In particular Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarch are three Italian poets who truly turned the Tuscan dialect, their vernacular, into the standard Italian literary language (Wilson, 136).

Detailed explanation-2: -Dante’s Convivio, composed in exile between 1304 and 1307, is a series of self-commentaries on three of Dante’s long poems. These allegorical love poems and philosophical verse become the basis for philosophical, literary, moral, and political exposition.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy).

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