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Antonio Gramsci, Quaderni del carcere (1929-1935)

November 28, 2021 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

Scholars Marco Grimaldi and Milena Russo have argued that Dante’s works—especially his depiction of Cavalcante de’ Cavalcanti in Inferno 10—played pivotal role in the political philosophy of Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Grimaldi and Russo gathered Gramsci’s Dante-related works in their edited collection Il canto decimo dell’inferno e altri scritti su Dante, published by Castelvecchi in 2021, the year of the seventh centenary of Dante’s death.

From the publisher’s website: “Dante è al centro degli interessi di Gramsci fin dall’inizio della scrittura dei Quaderni del carcere. La Commedia è uno dei libri richiesti subito dopo l’arresto; è dantesco uno degli «argomenti principali»; Dante è spesso associato a Machiavelli come rappresentante della corrente laica della letteratura italiana; la penultima nota è una riflessione sulla «quistione della lingua» a partire dal De vulgari. Ma all’interno dell’opera di Gramsci è possibile individuare un nucleo più definito che ruota attorno al canto decimo dell’Inferno e a Cavalcante Cavalcanti, padre di Guido, che prende avvio da uno scritto del 1918 e si concretizza in una sezione del Quaderno IV e in un gruppo di lettere. In tutte queste pagine – che qui si raccolgono – Gramsci usa Dante per riflettere su alcuni dei temi fondamentali dei Quaderni: il rapporto tra poesia e struttura, il ruolo degli intellettuali, la ‘popolarità’ della letteratura italiana.”   —Castelvecchi Editore

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 1929, 1935, 2021, 700th anniversary, Europe, Italian, Italian Politics, Italy, Marxism, Philosophy, Political Commentary, Political Leaders, Politics, Prison

“Dante Today” in France’s Le Monde

October 31, 2021 By Sephora Affa, FSU '24

dante-today-in-le-monde“Il existe un lien insolite entre le nom du groupe de musique électronique Nine Circles, le film Behemoth, du réalisateur chinois Zhao Liang (2015), et l’univers terrifiant du jeu vidéo Resident Evil : Revelations. Une convergence souterraine, qui remonte à un poème du XIVe siècle : La Divine Comédie, à laquelle Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) a consacré les deux dernières décennies de sa vie. Tous trois puisent leurs références dans cette œuvre qui expose, en trois cantiques que sont Enfer, Purgatoire et Paradis, une traversée de l’au-delà dont la colossale influence est documentée par l’étonnant projet Dante Today.

“Depuis 2006, ce site tenu par des spécialistes américains archive toutes les références à Dante dans la culture populaire contemporaine. Ghana, Chili, Irak, Vietnam, Islande : les mentions, qui se comptent en milliers, dessinent une cartographie planétaire de l’aura du poète florentin. Comme si, sept siècles après sa mort, le 14 septembre 1321, toute représentation de l’au-delà demeurait inévitablement aimantée par la puissance d’évocation de ses 14 233 hendécasyllabes. [. . .]    –Youness Bousenna, Le Monde, October 3, 2021

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 2021, Europe, France, News, Paris

“Tolmin to remember Dante’s 14th century visit”

May 1, 2021 By Jasmine George, FSU '24

“Tolmin [Slovenia], 25 April – Tolmin, a north-western town near the border with Italy, will join this year’s events marking the 700th anniversary of Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s death by remembering his alleged visit to the area in 1319 upon invitation of Aquileia patriarch Pagano della Torre.

“Dante (1265-1321) will get a memorial board with the legend about the visit while also being remembered as part of an exhibition at the Tolmin Museum which opens in June.”   —STA, 2021
Read the full article here.

Categories: Places, Written Word
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Dante's Biography, Europe, Memorials, Museum, Museums, Slovenia, Tolmin

The 9 Circles of Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy based in Malta

July 22, 2019 By Gabriel Siwady '19

“A lot of people are familiar with Dante’s Divine Comedy. A great masterpiece written by a guy who was either really creative or was really high.

“The Divine Comedy tells the story of Dante as he travels through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven in order to find both God and his dead girlfriend Beatrice.

“Anyway, this guy stumbles upon the deceased poet Virgil who was kind of just chilling about. These two walk around the woods for some time until they come upon the gates of hell, which state ‘Abandon all hope, ye who enter here’ which should totally be Tigne Point’s car park’s slogan, but whatever.

“Here are the nine circles of hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy reimagined in Malta.” […]    –ChiaraM, Lovin Malta, August 10, 2018

Categories: Places, Written Word
Tagged with: 2018, Abandon All Hope, Circles of Hell, Divine Comedy, Europe, Humor, Malta, Sins

Descendants of Lu Xun, Dante boost Sino-Italy cultural exchange

July 16, 2019 By Gabriel Siwady '19

“The descendants of Chinese writer Lu Xun and Italian poet Dante Alighieri held a dialogue in Shanghai on Thursday in a bid to boost cultural exchanges between China and Europe.

“The trans-time-and-space dialogue between Lu (1881-1936), the “father of modern Chinese literature,” and Dante (1265-1321) was held at the Shanghai International Studies University in Hongkou District, where Lu spent the last decade of his life.

“Zhou Lingfei, the grandson of Lu, whose real name was Zhou Shuren, and Sperello Di Serego Alighieri, the 19th generation grandson of Dante, discussed the contributions and common features of their ancestors’ works.” […]    –Yang Jian, Shine, April 27, 2018

Categories: Places, Written Word
Tagged with: 2018, Asia, China, Culture, Europe, Italy, Literature

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