PPT-Dante’s “Divine Comedy”

Italian Divina Commedia Dante Alighieri 12651321 56 years Nickname The Supreme Poet il Sommo Poeta Born in Florence Italy Florence Not much is known about Dantes education and it is presumed he studied at home or in a chapter school attached to a church or monastery in Florence . : A Synopsis. Braden J. Krien .  University Honors Program .  University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The Divine Comedy. is an epic poem by the Dante Alighieri in which the character Dante must travel through Hell and Purgatory with the aid of Virgil before he is brought into Heaven by the first love of his life, Beatrice. The poem is not only the story of an imagined physical journey through the afterlife but also a allegorical journey towards salvation and a representation of the development of the poet.. Pre-Reading Study Guide. By . PresenterMedia.com. Who was Dante Alighieri?. Dante, of course, is the author of . The Divine Comedy. . He was born a Roman Catholic in Florence in 1265 C.E. . He died of malaria in Ravenna, Italy, in 1321 (the night of Sept. 13-14). . journey. in the . next. world, a long . journey. . of. the soul. THE DIVINE COMEDY. The Divine Comedy . is. the . most. . important. . italian. . poem. . of. . all. . times. . . It. . was. Inferno. Oooh…Scary. !. Before we begin our journey into the depths of Dante’s Hell…. What other depictions of Hell have you seen?. Ever play “DOOM?”. Ever wonder what Hell . looks . like?. Inferno. Canto IV. Circle I: Limbo. “This is the highest state that man can achieve without God”(49). VIRTUOUS PAGANS. “Without hope, we live on in desire” (51). The citadel of human reason & Other features of limbo. 1265-1321. The Inferno. The Inferno is an . Allegory. It is meant to be understood on two levels . 1. Literal . – actual progress through the story. - . Dante literally travels from hell through purgatory and finally heaven. A Classical Quest through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise . Dante’s Structure:. The Quest. For Salvation. Purgatorio. Paradiso. Inferno. POINTS TO REMEMBER. THE . INFERNO. IS PART OF A WORK CALLED . Inferno. Visions of Hell. The GREEK Underworld. Rulers: Hades and Persephone. Location. Beneath secret places of earth (. Iliad. ). Over edge of world, across ocean (. Odyssey. ). Various entrances in caverns & deep lakes (later poetry). – Introduction. Allegory: . a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. .. Allusion: . an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.. Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). All genres include comedic elements. Some argue that any story where the low-born or put-upon rise to a higher station and a better end is a comedy. Comedy is not content-specific. May have to do with just about anything. Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). Canto 1: The Dark Wood of Error. Read handout for Canto 1 (lines 1-60). Answer the following question:. Dante says in line 12 of Canto 1 that he has wandered from the “True Way.” If the “Dark Wood of Error” is a symbol of worldliness, what does the True Way represent? On an allegorical level, what might the three animals that try to force Dante back into the Dark Wood represent?. cammin. di nostra vita. mi ritrovai per una selva oscura. ché la diritta via era . smarrita.. Ahi . quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura. esta. . selva selvaggia e aspra e forte. che nel . pensier. .