The Pilgrim's Journey to the Underworld: A Comparative Reading of Some Episodes from Virgil's <i>Aeneid</i> and Dante's <i>Commedia</i>

ZHU Zhenyu

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ZHU Zhenyu. The Pilgrim's Journey to the Underworld: A Comparative Reading of Some Episodes from Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Commedia[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2018, 1(3): 351-366.

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ZHU Zhenyu. The Pilgrim's Journey to the Underworld: A Comparative Reading of Some Episodes from Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Commedia[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2018, 1(3): 351-366.

ZHU Zhenyu. The Pilgrim's Journey to the Underworld: A Comparative Reading of Some Episodes from Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Commedia[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2018, 1(3): 351-366.

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The Pilgrim's Journey to the Underworld: A Comparative Reading of Some Episodes from Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Commedia

ZHU Zhenyu

Zhejiang University

Received Date: 2017-09-01
Rev Recd Date: 2018-08-26

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In Dante's Commedia, Virgil acts as a guide who gives the pilgrim instructions, suggestions and generous aid. Moreover, Aeneas' journey through the underworld in Virgil's Aeneid has provided Dante a paradigm of poetic creation. The article selects four episodes from Dante's Commedia which not only imitates, but also rewrites Virgil from the poet's biblical perspective. Through these rewritings Dante indicates his understanding of the elusive term "commedia," which, not only refers to the poem's move from sadness to happiness, but also refers to the inner connotation of Christianity which is the salvation.
- Aeneid,
- Commedia,
- underworld

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