Study On The Structure Of Divine Comedy

The real masterpiece would never lose its truth and mighty with the time went by. To the contrary, its inherent dignity and value will become more and more prominent along with the precipitation of time and penetration of research. Divine Comedy is such a work. Readers of every generation can obtain new inspiration through reading this work well so as to enhance themselves. Therefore, it's also of great significance for us to make a study on Divine Comedy of Dante.Based on the tests, this paper analyzes the features of tests and discusses its forming reasons through researching the structure of Divine Comedy from the two aspects that how the literature generates. Seeing from the structure of predication of the work, Dante make up the deficiency of single structure of predication by combining spatial narrative structure with time narrative structure together. This is not just a simple problem of form, but a ideological problem. From the internal structure of the work, Dante developed four-layer connotations as follows through using multi-ply metaphor:first is literal meaning, second is metaphorical meaning, the third is moral meaning and the forth is mysterious meaning. The coexistence, mutual dialogue of the four meanings enrich the connotation of the work. Through deep study on the structure of the work, we can find that Divine Comedy is a unique text that integrates the merits of epic,tragedy,comedy and myth beyond stylistic boundaries. It is also a work of pluralism and harmonious in style. This text forms with objective social and historical backgrounds and subject writing intent of the author. And the later one plays a decisive role. Without the politic narrative manner of the author, there would be no profound, complicated ideological content and marvellous art effect of Divine Comedy. Divine Comedy will always maintain the vitality of the human values, so that people of every age can learn from it.Structive arrangement of the paper part one:the meaning of study on the structure of Divine Comedy1. A sumary of domestic and forein studies on Divine Comedy2. The unique predicative structure of Divine Comedy3. The significance of "Poetry as a metaphor" of DantePart Two:anlysis of external structure(predicative structure) of Divine Comedy1. Distribution of spatial structure under time structure2. Time structure brought in the spatial structurePart Three:Research into the internal structure(four-layer connotations) of Divine Comedy1. Dialogue of four-layer connotations2. The method of use of metaphor created by Dante3. The reason of the forming of multi-moralPart four:The features of the problem displayed in the structure of Divine Comedy and its forming reasons1. Stylistic Features:Stylistic normal formulas of multivariant openess2. Forming Reasons...