ITA201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Benedetto Croce, Florentine Dialect, Main Plot
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Ita201 major italian authors in translation from marino to calvino. Baroque: is defined by the period of death of torquato tasso 1595 to arcadia 1690. Marino creates a new vision or image of the world. Well versed in classics antiquity literature and art and latin, imitating authors like. Three tendencies in baroque lyric poetry: the melic, gabriello chiabrera (adopt formal innovations of mannerisnm with big focus on style) In his poetry he mixed the latin and greek meters with the couplets of the poets de la pleiade: concettismo: marino and his followers. Animistic poetry: objects come to life and protagonist. Vernacular of the 3 crowns ( dante, petrarch, bocaccio) vs. cinqueccento florentine. Set fourth by cardinal pietro bembo: vernacular of three crowns. Maniera: coined by giorgio versari: style of each individual artist. Poetry in baroque literature also accompanied by music. The subject of the poem the love of the goddess venus for the beautiful youth.
