Cerberus and the others. Monsters from the Divine Comedy
Cerberus and the others. Monsters from the Divine Comedy
Author(s): Lorenzo M. CiseriContributor(s): Chiara Taraborrelli (Translator)
Subject(s): Theory of Literature, Italian literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: teratology; Dante; monsters in literature; Divine Comedy; Detail in literature; reading details;
Summary/Abstract: The text shows how to read Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy through teratological analysis and attention to details. Pondering the monstrosities described in the work of the eminent Italian is a way to return the Comedy to our contemporary times and sensibility. The reader notices the importance of detail in the process of getting to know and understanding the text, which is an excellent introduction to the poem itself, and it also teaches a specific reading technique - focused on the analysis of the literary imponderables.
Journal: Forum Poetyki
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 30
- Page Range: 54-73
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English