Ешь, молись, люби

Chapter 15

           SothisgatheringofintellectualsproceededtodosomethingunprecedentedinthehistoryofEurope;theyhandpickedthemostbeautifulofallthelocaldialectsandcrowneditItalian.

           InordertofindthemostbeautifuldialecteverspokeninItaly,theyhadtoreachbackintimetwohundredyearstofourteenth-centuryFlorence.WhatthiscongressdecidedwouldhenceforthbeconsideredproperItalianwasthepersonallanguageofthegreatFlorentinepoetDanteAlighieri.WhenDantepublishedhisDivineComedybackin1321,detailingavisionaryprogressionthroughHell,PurgatoryandHeaven,he’dshockedtheliterateworldbynotwritinginLatin.HefeltthatLatinwasacorrupted,elitistlanguage,andthattheuseofitinseriousprosehad"turnedliteratureintoaharlot"bymakinguniversalnarrativeintosomethingthatcouldonlybeboughtwithmoney,throughtheprivilegeofanaristocraticeducation.Instead,Danteturnedbacktothestreets,pickinguptherealFlorentinelanguagespokenbytheresidentsofhiscity(whoincludedsuchluminouscontemporariesasBoccaccioandPetrarch)andusingthatlanguagetotellhistale.

           Hewrotehismasterpieceinwhathecalleddolcestilnuovo,the"sweetnewstyle"ofthevernacular,andheshapedthatvernacularevenashewaswritingit,affectingitaspersonallyasShakespearewouldsomedayaffectElizabethanEnglish.

Содержание книги
Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 65 из 515