Dante’s exile as an ideological construction (Paradiso XVII)

Abstract

This essay inquires into Dante’s exile as it is displayed in Paradiso XVII, pointing out its nature as an ideological construction inside a christian feudal conception. Dante’s exile is useful to give several meanings concerning Christ’s faith and sacrifice, but also to get into an exile’s conception as a personal identity crisis, not only social but psychic or ontological as well.

Keywords

• exilio
• Dante Alighieri
• Cacciaguida
• sacrificio de Cristo
• historia de Florencia
• fe
• identidad personal.