"Proverbs constitute a rich archive of historical, cultural, and linguistic significance that affect genres and linguistics codes. They circulate through writers, texts, and communities in a process that ultimately results in modifications in their structure and meanings. Hence, context plays a...

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1. Verfasser:	D'Eugenio, Daniela (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Brusantino, Vicenzo, active 16th century
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Press, 2021.
Schriftenreihe:	Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; volume 83.
Schlagworte:	Florio, John, > 1553?-1625. > Firste fruites. Florio, John, > 1553?-1625. > Second frutes. Sarnelli, Pompeo, > 1649-1724. > Posilecheata. 1500-1699 Proverbs, Italian > History and criticism. Italian literature > 17th century > History and criticism. Italian literature > 16th century > History and criticism. Littérature italienne > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique. Littérature italienne > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique. Proverbes italiens > Histoire et critique. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian Proverbs, Italian Italian literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Zusammenfassung:	"Proverbs constitute a rich archive of historical, cultural, and linguistic significance that affect genres and linguistics codes. They circulate through writers, texts, and communities in a process that ultimately results in modifications in their structure and meanings. Hence, context plays a crucial role in defining proverbs as well as in determining their interpretation. Vincenzo Brusantino's Le cento novelle (1554), John Florio's Firste Fruites (1578) and Second Frutes (1591), and Pompeo Sarnelli's Posilecheata (1684) offer clear representations of how traditional wisdom and communal knowledge reflect the authors' personal perspectives on society, culture, and literature. The analysis of the three authors' proverbs through comparisons with classical, medieval, and early modern collections of maxims and sententiae provides insights on the fluidity of such expressions, and illustrates the tight relationship between proverbs and sociocultural factors. Brusantino's proverbs introduce ethical interpretations to the one hundred novellas of Boccaccio's The Decameron, which he rewrites in octaves of hendecasyllables. His text appeals to Counter-Reformation society and its demand for a comprehensible and immediately applicable morality. In Florio's two bilingual manuals, proverbs fulfill a need for language education in Elizabethan England through authentic and communicative instruction. Florio manipulates the proverbs' vocabulary and syntax to fit the context of his dialogues, best demonstrating the value of learning Italian in a foreign country. Sarnelli's proverbs exemplify the inherent creative and expressive potentialities of the Neapolitan dialect vis-à-vis languages with a more robust literary tradition. As moral maxims, ironic assessments, or witty insertions, these proverbs characterize the Neapolitan community in which the fables take place"--
Beschreibung:	1 online resource.
ISBN:	9781612496740 1612496741 9781612496733 1612496733