The Decameron

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The Decameron is a 14th-century collection of 100 novellas framed by a group of young Florentines fleeing the Black Death, renowned for its vivid portrayal of medieval life, wit, and human behavior.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian Renaissance literature
frame tale
literary work
short story collection
author Giovanni Boccaccio
centuryOfComposition 14th century
countryOfOrigin Italy
dateOfCompletion 1353
genre comic literature
frame narrative
novella collection
realist fiction
hasDayTheme stories of clever replies and tricks
stories of fortune
stories of generosity and magnanimity
stories of love
stories of pranks and practical jokes
historicalContext Black Death
influenceOn European novella tradition
Renaissance prose fiction
The Canterbury Tales
knownFor blend of tragic and comic tones
psychological insight
use of everyday language
vivid portrayal of medieval life
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement early Renaissance humanism
literarySignificance major work of European literature
narrativeFrame group of young Florentines fleeing the Black Death
narrativePerspective multiple first-person narrators
narrativeTechnique story within a story
narrators seven young women and three young men
numberOfNarrators 10
numberOfStories 100
originalLanguage Italian
originalTitle Decameron
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Il Decameron
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periodOfAction time of the Black Death in Florence
placeOfOrigin Florence
setting Florence
Tuscan countryside
linked to: Tuscany
structure ten days of storytelling
ten stories per day
theme critique of clerical corruption
fortune
human behavior
intelligence and wit
love
social class and mobility

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Giovanni Boccaccio notableWork The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio notableWork Decameron
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Giovanni Boccaccio knownFor The Decameron
Metamorphoses by Apuleius influenced The Decameron
The Decameron originalTitle Decameron
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The Decameron originalTitle Il Decameron
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On Famous Women relatedWork The Decameron
On the Fates of Famous Men relatedWorkByAuthor Decameron
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Il Filostrato relatedWorkByAuthor Decameron
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Ninfale fiesolano relatedWorkByAuthor Decameron
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Tuscan dialect usedInWork Decameron
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Pier Paolo Pasolini notableWork The Decameron
Cymbeline sourceMaterial Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron (indirectly)
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A Tale from the Decameron inspiredBy The Decameron
A Tale from the Decameron basedOn The Decameron
The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti basedOn Decameron
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The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti narrativeSource Fifth day of the Decameron
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Ring Parable relatedWork Decameron (Three Rings tale by Boccaccio)
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The Little Hours basedOn The Decameron
Nino Baragli workedOn The Decameron
Alberto Grimaldi produced The Decameron
Dekemhare alternativeName Decamere
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All’s Well That Ends Well source Boccaccio’s Decameron
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