ENG150Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Crime Against Nature, Gluttony
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Into exile, pope hates him ends up rivena. Writes de vulgare eloquentia importance of writing in the every day language. Writing in the vernacular would be thought of as degraded latin (florentine), making a stand for your. Italy is key to western literature in late period. He is reason why you learn tuscan! (when learning latin) Dante uses many asides, sometimes it is hard to figure out if he is talking to virgil or himself (drama and epic poetry) Virgil pulls along narrative, protector of the poet, represents reason or knowledge or higher faculty. Virgil witness to harrowing of hell (medieval theology: after jesus" cruxifixction, he went into hell to liberate worthy people, battle with satan, crushes gates of hell) idea that its always a bit better to be an academic. Contemporary allusions > political and classical (key to interpretations/ how are characters received?)
