This work aims to analyze the role of food and wine in fourteenth-century literature, taking Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy as the focus of the research. The aim is to demonstrate how nourishment and conviviality transcend the medieval everyday dimension to become powerful vehicles of moral, political, and spiritual meaning. The first part of the paper outlines the historical and cultural context of the time, reconstructing the eating habits of the time and the social importance of convivial practices in the Middle Ages. Subsequently, the investigation focuses on Dante's text, decoding the metaphors of hunger and thirst through the three canticles: from the material degradation of Hell to the purification of desire in Purgatory, up to the banquet of celestial wisdom in Paradise. In the final chapter, the theoretical research finds practical application in the field of cultural and food and wine tourism through the design of experiential itineraries in the places of Dante's exile between Tuscany, Romagna, and Veneto. The tour aims to enhance the area by combining the history of medieval gastronomy with tourism marketing strategies, such as the creation of themed menus and the introduction of a symbolic passport for travelers, demonstrating how great literature can become a strategic resource for contemporary experience tourism.
Il presente lavoro si propone di analizzare il ruolo del cibo e del vino nella letteratura trecentesca, assumendo come fulcro della ricerca la Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri. L'obiettivo è dimostrare come il nutrimento e la convivialità superino la dimensione quotidiana medievale per farsi potenti veicoli di significati morali, politici e spirituali. Nella prima parte dell'elaborato viene delineato il contesto storico-culturale dell'epoca, ricostruendo le abitudini alimentari del tempo e l'importanza sociale delle pratiche conviviali nel Medioevo. Successivamente, l'indagine si concentra sul testo dantesco, decodificando le metafore di fame e sete attraverso le tre cantiche: dalla degradazione materiale dell'Inferno alla purificazione del desiderio nel Purgatorio, fino al banchetto della sapienza celeste nel Paradiso. Nell'ultimo capitolo, la ricerca teorica trova un'applicazione pratica nel campo del turismo culturale ed enogastronomico attraverso la progettazione di itinerari esperienziali nei luoghi dell'esilio dantesco tra Toscana, Romagna e Veneto. Il percorso mira a valorizzare il territorio unendo la storia della gastronomia medievale a strategie di marketing turistico, come l'ideazione di menù a tema e l'introduzione di un passaporto simbolico per i viaggiatori, dimostrando come la grande letteratura possa trasformarsi in una risorsa strategica per il turismo d'esperienza contemporaneo.
Assaporare il viaggio dantesco. Le potenzialità turistiche di una sinergia gastronomico-letteraria
MANTOVAN, ISABEL
2025/2026
Abstract
This work aims to analyze the role of food and wine in fourteenth-century literature, taking Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy as the focus of the research. The aim is to demonstrate how nourishment and conviviality transcend the medieval everyday dimension to become powerful vehicles of moral, political, and spiritual meaning. The first part of the paper outlines the historical and cultural context of the time, reconstructing the eating habits of the time and the social importance of convivial practices in the Middle Ages. Subsequently, the investigation focuses on Dante's text, decoding the metaphors of hunger and thirst through the three canticles: from the material degradation of Hell to the purification of desire in Purgatory, up to the banquet of celestial wisdom in Paradise. In the final chapter, the theoretical research finds practical application in the field of cultural and food and wine tourism through the design of experiential itineraries in the places of Dante's exile between Tuscany, Romagna, and Veneto. The tour aims to enhance the area by combining the history of medieval gastronomy with tourism marketing strategies, such as the creation of themed menus and the introduction of a symbolic passport for travelers, demonstrating how great literature can become a strategic resource for contemporary experience tourism.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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