FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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a treatise written in the vernacular
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a treatise on the dignity of the vernacular written in Latin
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Written in 1303-05, when Dante was in political exile from his native Florence, De vulgari eloquentia addresses the problem of how to raise the Italian language to the status of Latin in the esteem of the literate public.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Dante’s day, all major literary philosophical and theological works were written in Latin, even though Latin was no longer learnt as a mother tongue. Dante wrote the De vulgari eloquentia to defend the value of works written in the vernacular.
Detailed explanation-3: -De vulgari eloquentia (Ecclesiastical Latin: [de vulˈgaːri eloˈkwɛntsja]; “On eloquence in the vernacular") is the title of a Latin essay by Dante Alighieri. Although meant to consist of four books, it abruptly terminates in the middle of the second book.
Detailed explanation-4: -The vernacular ensures that there is always the possibility of speech and that the space is always open for speaking. The De Vulgari Eloquentia opens the way for us not only to construct such powerful vernacular comments, but it also allows us to question the vernacular of others.