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 → 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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Florio → prefiguresMotifsIn → Decameron (love tales contextually) ⓘ
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Filostrato → authorOtherWorks → Decameron ⓘ
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tomb of Giovanni Boccaccio → associatedWithWork → Decameron ⓘ
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Il fiore delle Mille e una notte → follows → Il Decameron ⓘ
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Heptaméron → inspiredBy → Decameron ⓘ
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Heptaméron → structureInspiredBy → Boccaccio’s Decameron ⓘ
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Isabella → basedOn → Decameron ⓘ
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Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil → basedOn → Decameron ⓘ
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Nastagio degli Onesti → appearsIn → Decameron ⓘ
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Nastagio degli Onesti → appearsInWork → Decameron, Fifth Day, Eighth Story ⓘ
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Nastagio degli Onesti → fictionalUniverse → Decameron universe ⓘ
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Boccaccio → inspiredBy → The Decameron ⓘ
subject linked to: "Boccaccio" by Franz von Suppé