ITA201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Betrothed (Manzoni Novel), De Vulgari Eloquentia, Ugo Foscolo
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Ita201 major italian authors in translation from marino to calvino. 1785- bor(cid:374) i(cid:374) mila(cid:374) so(cid:374) of guilia be(cid:272)(cid:272)aria (cid:894)cesares be(cid:272)(cid:272)aria"s daughter(cid:895) a(cid:374)d of court pietro. He meets foscolo and monti (the most famous. Cinquecento: bumbo della volgar lingua (1525)- florentine of boccaccio, dante and petrarch (classicism) Machiavelli theorized the use of florentino vivo, the language spoken by contemporary. Manzoni, promessi sposi: propaganda instrument of linguistical unification-modern. Graziado isaia ascoli (1873): modern italian will be a mix of florentine and other influences. 1953: tv and other media contribute to the linguistic unification of italy. The promessi sposi is the most famous italian historical novel. The fortune of this literary genre can be traved back to the beginning of xix century. Scottish writer walter scott, with his famous novel. No(cid:448)el: (cid:862)(cid:373)oder(cid:374) (cid:271)ourgesois epi(cid:272)(cid:863) (cid:894)hegel(cid:895) (cid:448)s. i(cid:374) italy: there (cid:449)as a lo(cid:449)er literary le(cid:448)el a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ati(cid:448)e. Italian writers were reluctant to write novels because of the lower status novel.
