ITA200H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Courtly Love, Canzone, Northrop Frye
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Ampole metaphorical resonance tells us alor about the courtly love in city of. 1st poem: poi ch"a voi piace, amore (cid:523)canzone(cid:524) (cid:498)) apprehend my heart(cid:499) The poems of the courtly love put the position of the troubadour in a learning posture, love is an emancipating experience lifts up the intelligence of the person who experiences love, learning is the key term. Love is just not a feeling but a subject matter, love must be discussed. Courty love: is ana assemble of people who practice courtesy, enables them to open their spirits. Love in this sense has undertones that might have an erotic and sinful attributes, regarded with a great sense of nobility, no connections to christinaity or religion. Attaining knowledge, cardinal of knowledge is the final end of the courtly experience, the union with the lover is never actually accomplished or if it is it is not declared.
