Dante se mistieke reis. Tweede Tog: Purgatorio, ingelei, vertaal, toegelig, vertolk

Author

JS (Kobus) Kruger

Synopsis

The book wishes to bridge the divide between academic literature and popular culture. This is reflected in its style of presentation.

The purpose of the book is threefold:

1. Provision of an Afrikaans translation of Dante’s Purgatorio from the original Italian, true to Dante’s original intentions, and expressed in idiomatic Afrikaans prose of acceptable aesthetic quality, giving the reader a sense of the beauty and subtlety of Dante’s superb literary achievement.

2. Provision of sufficient historical, linguistic and other important information, enabling readers who are not necessarily specialized in the field to understand the background, context and intentional structure of the great text. Such information is mainly provided in the general introduction, the introduction to each canto, and the endnotes to each of the 33. However, the introduction and endnotes also contain a considerable degree of interpretation of the author’s subjective intentions and the conditions of the time in the larger context of the development of the notion of purgatory in the Western Church and the place of Dante’s work and thinking in the overall historical development of Western Christian theology, which at the time of the poet’s supreme synthesis of classical culture and European Christianity and of Church and State, started to demonstrate symptoms of unravelling and decline.

3. Provision of a wide, inclusive theoretical framework of mysticism, enabling an understanding and appreciation of the tendential drift of Dante’s achievement towards an ultimate horizon of silence, not necessarily consciously intended by the poet. In that context, the third part of the book (the postscript) proceeds with a comparison of Dante’s style and the substance of his thinking with that of the Theravāda Buddhist master Buddhaghosa. The purpose of this section is to clear a path towards a true pax fidei beyond mutual indifference or schiedlich-friedlich religious apartheid.

The research methodology applied consists of three major components:

1. A historical hermeneutic endeavouring to understand and interpret the interplay between the subjective intentions of actors (including Dante) and objective processes and outcomes, often involving an element of tragedy.

2. A comparative procedure enabling the simultaneous appreciation of more than one religion (in this case, Medieval Christianity and Buddhism).

3. An investigation of points (1) and (2) in an ultimately de-absolutizing, relativizing yet loving, accommodating framework sub specie horizontis.

Chapters

Inleiding

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Canto I
Ante-Purgatorium: strand van die eiland; Vergilius, Cato van Utica

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Canto II
Ante-Purgatorium: strand van die eiland; Vergilius, Cato, ’n Engel, boetvaardige geeste, Casella

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Canto III
Ante-Purgatorium: voet van die krans; eerste groep; geëkskommunikeerdes; Vergilius, Manfred

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Canto IV
Ante-Purgatorium: Eerste Rotslys; tweede groep; trae te-laat-berouelinge; Vergilius, Belacqua

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Canto V
Ante-Purgatorium: Tweede Rotslys; derde groep; gewelddadig gestorwenes sonder sterwensrites; Vergilius, Jacopo del Cassero, Bonconte da Montefeltro, Pia de’ Tolomei

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Canto VI
Ante-Purgatorium: Tweede Rotslys; derde groep; gewelddadig gestorwenes sonder sterwensrites; Vergilius, Sordello da Goito

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Canto VII
Ante-Purgatorium: Tweede Rotslys, Vallei van Blomme; vierde groep; Vergilius, te-laat-berouelinge, nalatige heersers, Sordello

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Canto VIII
Ante-Purgatorium: Tweede Rotslys, Vallei van Blomme; steeds vierde groep; Vergilius, te-laat-berouelinge, nalatige heersers, Nino Visconti, Conrad Malaspina engele, ’n slang

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Canto IX
Ante-Purgatorium: Poort na Purgatorium; Vergilius, Lucia, Die Engelwag

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Canto X
Eerste Terras: hoogmoed; Vergilius

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Canto XI
Eerste Terras: hoogmoed; Vergilius, Omberto Aldobrandeschi, Oderisi da Gubbio, Provenzano Salvani

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Canto XII
Eerste Terras: hoogmoed; die Engel van Ootmoed, Vergilius

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Canto XIII
Tweede Terras: afguns; Vergilius, Sapia van Siena

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Canto XIV
Tweede Terras: afguns; Vergilius, Rinieri da Calboli en Guido del Duca, Kain en Aglauros

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Canto XV
Tweede Terras: afguns; die Engel van Barmhartigheid, Vergilius; Derde Terras: woede

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Canto XVI
Derde Terras: woede; Vergilius, Marco Lombardo

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Canto XVII
Derde Terras: woede; die Engel van Sagmoedigheid, Vergilius; Vierde Terras: traagheid

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Canto XVIII
Vierde Terras: traagheid; Vergilius, die ab van San Zeno

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Canto XIX
Vierde Terras: traagheid; die Engel van Ywer; Vyfde Terras: hebsug; Vergilius, Adrianus V

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Canto XX
Vyfde Terras: hebsug; Vergilius, Hugo Capet

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Canto XXI
Vyfde Terras: hebsug; Vergilius, Statius

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Canto XXII
na die Sesde Terras: gulsigheid; Vergilius, Statius

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Canto XXIII
Sesde Terras: gulsigheid; Vergilius, Statius, Forese Donati

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Canto XXIV
Sesde Terras: gulsigheid; Vergilius, Statius, Forese Donati, Bonagiunta da Lucca, die Engel van Matigheid

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Canto XXV
na die Sewende Terras: losbandigheid; Vergilius, Statius

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Canto XXVI
Sewende Terras: losbandigheid; Vergilius, Statius, Guido Guinizelli, Arnaut Daniel

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Canto XXVII
Sewende Terras: muur van vuur; Aardse Paradys: losbandigheid; Vergilius, Statius, Die Engel van Kuisheid, Beskermengel van die Aardse Paradys

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Canto XXVIII
Aardse Paradys: riviere Lethe en Eunoë; Statius, Vergilius, Matelda

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Canto XXIX
Aardse Paradys: Lethe-rivier; die groot prosessie; Vergilius, Statius, Matelda

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Canto XXX
Die Aardse Paradys: Lethe-rivier; herontmoeting met Beatrice; Statius

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Canto XXXI
Aardse Paradys: Lethe-rivier; Statius, Matelda, Beatrice

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Canto XXXII
Aardse Paradys: Tuin van Eden; Statius, Matelda, Beatrice

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Canto XXXIII
Aardse Paradys: Eunoë-rivier; Statius, Matelda, Beatrice

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Nawoord
op weg na geloofsvrede; Dante, Theravāda Boeddhisme, mistiek

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