ITAL6665A-L08
Mediterranean Sig Dante's DC
The Mediterranean Signature of Dante’s Divina Commedia
The course will explore Dante’s Divina Commedia with special reference to the Medieval Mediterranean cultural context from which it emerged. We will be reading selected cantos, as well as some of Dante’s other works, in relation to the network of intellectual traditions (Islamic, Jewish, Christian) that dominated Dante’s age.
Required Text:Dante Alighieri, / Tutte le opere (Divina Commedia, Vita Nuova, Rime, Convivio, De vulgari eloquentia, Monarchia, Egloghe, Epistole, Quaestio de aqua et de terra/ ). Introduzione di Italo Borzi. Commenti a cura di Giovanni Fallani, Nicola Maggi e Silvio Zennaro. (Roma: Newton Compton editori, 1993).
The course will explore Dante’s Divina Commedia with special reference to the Medieval Mediterranean cultural context from which it emerged. We will be reading selected cantos, as well as some of Dante’s other works, in relation to the network of intellectual traditions (Islamic, Jewish, Christian) that dominated Dante’s age.
Required Text:Dante Alighieri, / Tutte le opere (Divina Commedia, Vita Nuova, Rime, Convivio, De vulgari eloquentia, Monarchia, Egloghe, Epistole, Quaestio de aqua et de terra/ ). Introduzione di Italo Borzi. Commenti a cura di Giovanni Fallani, Nicola Maggi e Silvio Zennaro. (Roma: Newton Compton editori, 1993).
- Term:
- Summer 2008, LS 6 Week Session
- Location:
- Freeman HAM(FIC HAM)
- Schedule:
- 12:00pm-12:50pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jun 30, 2008 to Aug 15, 2008)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Paul Colilli
- Subject:
- Italian
- Department:
- Italian
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Levels:
- Non-degree, Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 60481
- Subject Code:
- ITAL
- Course Number:
- 6665
- Section Identifier:
- A