'In lingua est diversitas': Medieval Francophone and Occitanophone Literary Cultures in Catalonia and Italy

Wells, Courtney Joseph

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“…Amb les seves crítiques contundents, Dante presenta un panorama del mapa literari italià molt «estranger»: poblat d'italians, sí, però italians que fan servir altres llengües. A més, defensa que aquestes llengües són estrangeres a Itàlia -una asserció que no quadra ben bé amb els fets (Wells 2018c). Tal com revela la seva posició defensiva, el francès i l'occità, originaris de més enllà dels Alps, eren llengües emprades amb freqüència per autors italians en aquell moment.…”

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«Pensemus qualiter viri prehonorati a propria diverterunt» (DVE, I, xiv, 5): els textos occitans d’un cercle de poetes toscans

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2021

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Abstract: This article re-examines a set of Occitan texts written by a circle of Tuscan poets and their importance for understanding the reception of troubadour culture in medieval Tuscany. Often viewed as marginal, these texts have not been adequately analyzed for what they can tell us about the use of Occitan as a literary language in Italy at the end of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries. Instead of casting them as unoriginal, derivative, or linguistically incorrect attempts at Occitan composition by foreign poets, this article considers their originality, innovation, and the transformations they may have undergone in their transmission history. Arguing that these texts be viewed as invaluable evidence of a vibrant Occitanophone literary culture in Tuscany, I advocate for further inquiry into the multilingual compositions of this circle of Tuscan poets. Keywords: Dante Alighieri, Occitan Literature in Italy, Occitan Literature in Catalonia, Medieval Multilingualism, Sonnet.

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«Pensemus qualiter viri prehonorati a propria diverterunt» (DVE, I, xiv, 5): els textos occitans d’un cercle de poetes toscans

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'In lingua est diversitas': Medieval Francophone and Occitanophone Literary Cultures in Catalonia and Italy

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«Pensemus qualiter viri prehonorati a propria diverterunt» (DVE, I, xiv, 5): els textos occitans d’un cercle de poetes toscans

«Pensemus qualiter viri prehonorati a propria diverterunt» (DVE, I, xiv, 5): els textos occitans d’un cercle de poetes toscans

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