ITALIAN 42A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Geoffrey Chaucer, Petrarch, Pope Boniface Viii
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Illegitimate son of merchant - his father worked for a famous family of bankers. Boccaccio is among the first commentators of dante"s divine comedy. His works, esp decameron, had a profound influence on later authors, including. Chaucer and machiavelli importance of boccaccio"s role as a pro-humanist together with francis petrarch. A plague that killed at least of europe"s population. 10 young people meet in florence, in the church of santa maria novella, during the plague. They spend 2 weeks in the countryside, away from the horror of the plague. 100 novelle (short stories). tradition of exameron (6days) Novella is like a short story about christ. Imagination: visual picture of something that is not really our reality. We use our senses to create imagination. Play: you have rules when you play a game. You can lose, you can win, but you still have to respect the rules. The desert - religious experience and illusion.
