ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the translation of the term “dolce stil novo”?
A
“The sweet silence”
B
“The sweetness of love”
C
“Sweet and still”
D
“Sweet new style”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -dolce stil nuovo, (Italian: “sweet new style”), nuovo also spelled Novo, the style of a group of 13th–14th-century Italian poets, mostly Florentines, whose vernacular sonnets, canzones, and ballate celebrate a spiritual and idealized view of love and womanhood in a way that is sincere, delicate, and musical.

Detailed explanation-2: -The collective term for the poetic pioneers and partisans of the Italian dolce stil novo in the late 13th century and early 14th.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dolce stil Novo, the sweet new style of poetry of a group of 13th-14th century Italian poets, was popular and became relevant for a group of brilliant poets. Guido Guinizzelli was the first poet who made poetry in the new style (“Dolce stil novo”).

Detailed explanation-4: -Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is certainly the most famous poet of that time but other important artists lived in the XIII century, as the two dolce-stil-nuovo poets Lapo Gianni and Guido Cavalcanti. In one of his first works, the Vita Nuova-or New Life-, Dante describes his love for Beatrice.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dante is considered the greatest Italian poet, best known for The Divine Comedy, an epic poem that is one of the world’s most important works of literature. The poem, which is divided into three sections, follows a man, generally assumed to be Dante himself, as he visits Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

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