At 14:44 15.10.98 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear friends of Dante, I am Masters student using a fellow students email
>for answers on the work of Dante. I encourage anyone who has any ideas
>that could be of use to me to respond. I thank-you for taking the time to
>help me on my quest for a better understanding of Dante!! I am researching
>correlations between Inf.V and Purg.V using the underlying themes of
>Beatrice/love, exile, and salvation. My main concern
>is that I am not clear on Purg.V with respect to Bonconte. How can I make
>a correlation using him and the other souls in Purg.V between those in
>Inf.V? I am also looking for a more in-depth meaning of what Dante, the
>pilgrim, understands through his time in Purgatory.
> Thank-you,
> Lisa Crispignani Uof Toronto
Dear Lisa,
It seems that you did not yet receive a reply on this list, which may have
to do with the nature of your questions: assuming that you are developing
your work on Dante in the frame of some U of T Dante course, I would say
that these questions should rather be addressed to the professor teaching
this course than to the members of this list, because it is rather your
professor's duty to give you a basic introduction into the Purgatorio (and
into the process of learning and purgation addressed by your last
question); and if you were assigned to do work on parallels between Inf. 5
and Purg. 5 but are now running into problems at this apparently early
stage of your work, it would again seem better to discuss these problems
with your professor directly, because he or she is the one who knows the
situation and will be able to give you appropriate directions or eventually
a different assignement. This is *not* to say that your active
participation (and that of other beginners and students) is not appreciated
on this list, but please understand that we are a bit reluctant to interfer
with a colleague's teaching (or to take over a student's assignment).
These nasty things being said, we (or certainly I) will gladly discuss any
aspect of your work if communication between you and your professor, too,
is ensured, and if you can describe the nature and difficulties of your
work a bit more specifically. You could point out, for instance, what kind
of secondary literature you have read about the two cantos in question or
about the general phenomenon of 'parallel' cantos in D's Commedia (a
phenomoneon which I personally regard as so complex that I would hesitate
to assign work on it to a beginner). Or If you have not found any helpful
secondary literature, you could tell us which bibliographies you have
consulted. If you give us a bit more of what you have already done, it will
be easier for us to make suggestions of what else you could try.
Yours,
Otfried (only a barkeeper of this forum, not one of the respectable
members, so please feel free to take my criticism very lightly!)
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