ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of genre is Dante’s Inferno?
A
Novel
B
Non-fiction
C
Play
D
Epic poem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While the genre of epic poetry falls out of favor after Paradise Lost, Dante’s influence lives on in modernist poetry.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dante’s Inferno is medieval allegory: a story designed to convey important spiritual truths through its setting, characters, and events.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Divine Comedy is a narrative poem written by an Italian poet, Dante Alighieri.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inferno (Italian: [iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for “Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes Dante’s journey through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil.

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