definition of Italian literature, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Divine Comedy Synopsis, Divine Comedy Characters, Divine Comedy Summary, and Divine Comedy Moral Lesson.

1. ITALIAN
LITERATURE
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2. ITALIAN LITERATURE
The Italian literature represents the rich
culture of the country and depicts the
future heroic legends that lived in the
country for ages. The literary language
of Italy was Latin before the 13th
century. The chronicles, the historical
poems and the religious poems written
in that era were all in Latin. The Sicilian
was the earliest poetry ever written in
Italian.

3. Durante di Alighiero degli
Alighieri
Born on: 1265
Born in: Republic of Florence
Spouse: Gemma Donati
Occupation: Statesman, Poet,
Language theorist, and Political
Theorist
Children: 4
Parents:
Alighiero di Bellincione (Father)
Bella degli Abati (Mother)
Died on: September 14, 1321
(around 56 years old)
Resting place: Tomb of Dante
DANTE
ALIGHIERI

4. The Divine Comedy is a long Italian narrative
poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and
completed in 1320, a year before his death in
1321. It is widely considered to be the pre-
eminent work in Italian literature and one of
the greatest works of the western canon. The
poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is
representative of the medieval world-view as
it had developed in the Western Church by the
14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan
language, in which it is written, as the
standardized Italian language. It is divided into
three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
CHOSEN LITERATURE

5. The Divine Comedy by Dante is a difficult
work of art. It guides the audience through
Hell's nine circles, Purgatory's seven
terraces, and Paradise's nine spheres.
Each stage of the trip is filled with dead
souls who are either striving to atone for
their crimes or just seeking to survive in
the hereafter.
CHOSEN LITERATURE

6. SYNOPSIS
Divine comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio,
Paradiso)
Dante's Divine Comedy, a landmark in
Italian literature and among the greatest
works of all medieval European literature, is
a profound Christian vision of humankind's
temporal and eternal destiny.
It gives a long narration of how Dante's
pilgrim goes through hell in Inferno and
gives such a figurative picture of how
sinners suffer without any hope of
redemption.

7. The epic’s central character, A 35-year-old man who has been spiritually lost and
is straying from the True Way — the path of righteousness and God. Dante has
become frail and needs divine assistance. Fortunately, a guide is dispatched to
him, and he sets out on a spiritual quest to discover the true essence of sin. In the
Divine Comedy, there are three Dantes:
Dante the Author- there is the historical Dante Alighieri (1265—1321), the
Tuscan poet and statesman who wrote the epic poem between 1307 and 1320.
Dante the narrator- there is Dante the narrator, whose voice,
storytelling choices, and memories permeate the text of the poem.
Dante the protagonist- Dante is the poem’s protagonist, who traverses the
three realms of the afterlife in the company of Virgil and Beatrice
CHARACTERS
DANTE

8. Dante’s master, the great Roman
poet who guides him through Hell
and Purgatory. The most favored
of the noble pagans who dwell in
Limbo without hope of heavenly
bliss, he represents the highest
achievements of human reason
and classical learning.
The prince of Hell, also referred to as
Dis. Lucifer resides at the bottom of the
Ninth (and final) Circle of Hell, beneath
the Earth’s surface, with his body
jutting through the planet’s center. An
enormous giant, he has three faces but
does not speak; his three mouths are
busy chewing three of history’s
greatest traitors: Judas, the betrayer of
Christ, and Cassius and Brutus, the
betrayers of Julius Caesar.
Beatrice was the fiancee and lover of
Dante Alighieri. Despite being
recognized by all as a "Pure" soul
worthy of Heaven, after losing a
bargain with Lucifer, she was forced
to accompany him to Hell to become
his bride. Her capture was the catalyst
for Dante's journey through the
Inferno and the redemption of his
soul.
Virgil Beatrice Lucifer

9. SUMMERY

10. MORAL LESSON
Every single person is vulnerable to
temptation and sin, and every sin will
be punished. However, every human
being is still free to change his or her
actions in order to escape retribution
and gain the eternal rewards of
heaven.