1st Edition
A Semiotics of Multimodality and Signification in the Divine Comedy
By Raffaele De Benedictis
Copyright 2024
260 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
260 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
260 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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A new critical method for the Divine Comedy which focuses not only on language-as-writing but also and equally on other discursive modes that the Divine Comedy authorizes. Multimodality was already present in Dante’s time, and the reception of the Divine Comedy took place multimodally. Thus, a theoretical study of multimodality carried out under the semiotic lens sheds light on how and... Read more
List of abbreviations
1. A Semiotic Theory of Multimodality for the Divine Comedy
2. The Semiotics of Multimodality in Discourse
3. Early and Recent Forms of Multimodality in the Inferno
4. Purgatorio’s Signifying Modes
5. Modality of Transcendental Signification in the Paradiso
6. Conclusion
Index
Biography
Raffaele De Benedictis holds a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Toronto and is Associate Professor of Italian at Wayne State University. He teaches courses on Dante, Literary Criticism, and Italian Culture. He is the author of two books and several articles on Dante, semiotics, and Italian culture.
