Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Easter Friday, Convivio, Cosmos 1
5 May 2016
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1292-93: falls in love with beatrice (earthly love, cupiditas) Possibly saw beatrice twice in his life. Ii convivio: platonic discourse; seek knowledge through philosophy: divine comedy: god"s love. Virgil and beatrice as guides (divine love, caritas) Comedy in the fact that it ends happily, not humorous. Tale of dante"s supposed wild weekend from easter friday to easter sunday in. Dante is obsessed with the number three . Number 3: 3 cantiche, each cantiche has 33 cantos (3 x 33 = 99) + 1 prologue canto (to inferno) = 100. Cantos: each canto written in terza rima = group of 3 verses, interlinkes rimes: Numerical order = re ection of divine order of god"s cosmos. First line of dante [ ] halfway through the path our life, i have found myself. Through me the way into the suffering city to that eternal pain that runs among the lost [ ] .
