Keywords
Dante, Divine Comedy, pastoral
Abstract
This paper attempts to widen the scholarly understanding of Dante’s use of pastoral modes within The Divine Comedy. By examining typical pastoral themes, Dante’s use of Virgil as a guide, and the presence of pastoral themes within the Comedy, this paper will ultimately assert that Dante completely reshapes the pastoral genre, taking it from its typically pagan history and giving it new, Christian meaning. By so doing he makes his beautifully artistic story into an enlightening spiritual journey for the reader.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Francom, Katie
(2017)
"Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Pastoral Subversion,"
Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism: Vol. 10:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/criterion/vol10/iss1/7