ITA200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Archangel, Italian Literature, First Story
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We find fantastic stories about the middle east the protagonist are from all parts of the worlds (arab or african) He wrote in prose as well as poetry, impressive for novels prose fiction. Fiameta: first psychological italian novel, made up of letters. Octtava rima: stanza of 8 line 11, syllables rhymed in a certain way, for epic poem stanza abababcc. Boccaccio was the first italian poet to use it in his work, repetitive pattern to tell a tell. Boccaccio was also the first critic of italian literature. Boccaccio summarized all the myths/transformations related to jupiter. Used ovid-metamorphous (most important myth book of renaissance) the latin writer as his inspirational source. Uses terms that were connected with greek terms, brought by re- emergence of antiquity culture during renaissance. First prose work that does not have a simple recreational scope or ambition, most epic dimension, deep thinking behind. Frame of the decameron-cornice (everything that is not the actual story)
