ENG150Y1 Lecture Notes - Middle Ages
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Dante was considered so important that it deserved a commentary. Before reading the poem, distinguish between dante the pilgrim (the one going through the journey) and dante the poet (the author-telling his story). It"s important since this is a story how dante the pilgrim became dante the author. Dante the poet always presents this journey as real. The pilgrims view is confused but the poets view is comprehensive. In aenied the transformation happens to a character, but in dante, it is happening to himself, he is trying to understand oneself and write ones story. Dante is reliving the experience while he wrote the poem. An aspect of this poetic conversion has to do with how one has this experience on attaining a. The poem exists with the story of the pilgrim and story of the narrator. new perspective on oneself.
