GUIDE TO READING NOTES 29
GUIDE TO READING NOTES 29
GUIDE TO READING NOTES 29
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<strong>GUIDE</strong> <strong>TO</strong> <strong>READING</strong> <strong>NOTES</strong> <strong>29</strong><br />
<strong>29</strong>.6 Advances in Literature: Casa di Dante<br />
1. Briefly describe two ways in which Renaissance literature differed from medieval literature.<br />
Medieval literature was usually about religious subjects and was written in Latin and in an<br />
impersonal style. Renaissance literature included works about nonreligious subjects and was<br />
written in local dialects and in a more personal style.<br />
2. How is Dante’s The Divine Comedy an example of humanist art?<br />
Dante’s work expressed strong emotions, was about the experience of individuals, and commented<br />
on society and people of the time.<br />
3. Write the place from Dante’s imaginary journey—Paradiso, Purgatorio, or Inferno—that each<br />
image depicts.<br />
Purgatorio Paradiso Inferno<br />
4. Read the following passage from Dante’s The Divine Comedy. Then complete the sentence.<br />
Italian<br />
Quivi sospiri, pianti e alti guai<br />
risonavan per l’aere sanza stelle<br />
per ch’io al cominciar ne lagrimai.<br />
English<br />
Here sighs and lamentations and loud cries<br />
were echoing across the starless air<br />
so that as soon as I set out, I wept.<br />
I think this passage describes ________________________ Inferno<br />
because…<br />
(Paradiso, Purgatorio, Inferno)<br />
it’s dark and there are sighs and cries and sadness.<br />
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