A Semiotics of Multimodality and Signification in the Divine Comedy

Semiotics and multimodality combined together create new forms of signification in the Divine Comedy. It contributes to the advancement of Dante Studies, Literary Criticism, Multimedia/Multiliteracy, philosophy of language, communication, and education.

Raffaele De Benedictis holds a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Toronto and is Associate Professor of Italian at Wayne State University. He teaches courses on Dante, Literary Criticism, and Italian Culture. He is the author of two books and several articles on Dante, semiotics, and Italian culture.

List of abbreviations 1. A Semiotic Theory of Multimodality for the Divine Comedy 2. The Semiotics of Multimodality in Discourse 3. Early and Recent Forms of Multimodality in the Inferno 4. Purgatorio's Signifying Modes 5. Modality of Transcendental Signification in the Paradiso 6. Conclusion Index