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THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE

THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. TABLE OF CONTENTS . WHAT IS THE “LANGUAGE OF LOVE”? WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND IN WHICH IT WAS BORN? WHAT ARE THE FEATURES? HOW IT DEVELOPED IN THE RENAISSANCE? HOW THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS USED TODAY? WHY THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS USUALLY CONNECTED WITH POETRY?.

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THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE

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  1. THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE

  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS • WHAT IS THE “LANGUAGE OF LOVE”? • WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND IN WHICH IT WAS BORN? • WHAT ARE THE FEATURES? • HOW IT DEVELOPED IN THE RENAISSANCE? • HOW THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS USED TODAY? • WHY THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS USUALLY CONNECTED WITH POETRY?

  3. WHAT IS A LANGUAGE? Wide rangeofpossibleexpressions Codexofcommunication WHAT IS THE “LANGUAGE OF LOVE”? Express feelings Individualcommunication Romantic love

  4. WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND IN WHICH IT WAS BORN? • Between the 11th and the 12thcentury • Provence • Court • Troubadours Courtly love Attempto conciliate religious and laical vision of love

  5. WHAT ARE THE FEATURES? • Troubadours • Religion • Courtly love Poetry (lyric, romance, sonet) Lexicon (semantcfieldof light, “sin”, “saint”…) Woman’s superiority in respecttomen

  6. HOW IT DEVELOPED IN THE RENAISSANCE? After the expansionoftroubadours • SicilianschoolGuinizzelli, Cavalcanti • “Dolce stilnovo” Dante, Petrarca • Shakespeare all the side of love P O E T R Y

  7. HOW THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS USED TODAY? • Fallofcourtly love’s values • More open social life courting’s lessimportance • Men and women on the samelevel • Naturnalessofphysic love Love isnotoneof the mostiportantthing

  8. WHY THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS USUALLY CONNECTED WITH POETRY?

  9. Figurative language Raise up the content • In the past: tospiritualizephysic love • Today: attemptonot reduce love onlyinto a physicallevel Love is a sentiment (not-rational) Poetryis the nearest way to express some ofirrational

  10. Wednesday 30thOctober 2013 A.s. 2013/2014 Leonardo Grando 4ALS

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