A Semiotics of Multimodality and Signification in the Divine Comedy (Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture) - Softcover

De Benedictis, Raffaele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032501928 ISBN 13: 9781032501925

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

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 why a mode is more effective than another and/or how they may combine in producing signification and new ontologies warranted by Dante’s text. Also, we do not yet have a critical theory that allows us to understand the function of multimodality for the creation of new forms of signification and of clarifying the ontological boundaries set forth by different modalities. It is a new and original study which contributes to the advancement of Dante Studies, Literary Criticism (with a focus on literary semiotics), Multimedia/Multiliteracy, philosophy of language, communication, and education.

Chapters 1, 2, and 5 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. .

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032501928
• ISBN 13: 9781032501925
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260