Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Divine Comedy, Easter Friday, Convivio
4 Mar 2016
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Plays jazz sax over top of 16th century composition. Stories of evil more interesting than stories of good. 1292-93: falls in love with beatrice (earthly love, cupiditas: il convivio: platonic discours; seek knowledge through philosophy, divine comedy: god"s love. Virgil and beatrice as guides (divine love, caritas). Tale of dante"s supposed wild weekend from easter friday to easter sunday in. 3 cantiche (long poems: inferno (hell, purgatorio (purgatory, paradiso (paradise) Each cantiche has 33 cantos (33x3=99) + 1 prologue canto (to inferno) = 100. Each canto written in terza rima = groups of 3 verses. Numerical order = reflection of divine order of god"s cosmos. First line: walking along the journey of our life i found myself again. Got off path and then found his way doesn"t say of his life, says of our life. 70 years was seen as a normal lifespan of a person. Half of 70 (35), he is halfway through his life.
