The Divine Comedy is the first-person narrative of the otherworldly journey undertaken by the protagonist, who is also the author of the work. e identity of narrator-protagonist-author is constitutive of autobiographical texts, but in Dante’s poem this circumstance clashes with certain characteristics that seem to contradict the work’s possible inclusion within the autobiographical genre (for example, the systematic use of allegory, the difficult marriage between reality and fiction regarding the subject of the narration). is article focuses on the poem’s narrative structure and analyzes how autobiographical narration (relating to the protagonist) and biographical narration (relating to the lives of souls) intertwine, with particular attention to how this occurs in the poem’s final canticle
Le vite di Dante. Narrazione autobiografica e biografie nel Paradiso
Carmelo Tramontana
2026-01-01
Abstract
The Divine Comedy is the first-person narrative of the otherworldly journey undertaken by the protagonist, who is also the author of the work. e identity of narrator-protagonist-author is constitutive of autobiographical texts, but in Dante’s poem this circumstance clashes with certain characteristics that seem to contradict the work’s possible inclusion within the autobiographical genre (for example, the systematic use of allegory, the difficult marriage between reality and fiction regarding the subject of the narration). is article focuses on the poem’s narrative structure and analyzes how autobiographical narration (relating to the protagonist) and biographical narration (relating to the lives of souls) intertwine, with particular attention to how this occurs in the poem’s final canticleI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
