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The purpose of this two-semester course is to offer students as complete an immersion in the world of Dante's Divine Comedy as is possible without being able actually to read the poem in its original language. In
addition
to a careful and thorough line-by-line reading and discussion of the Comedy itself, the course will include attention to the art, architecture, and music of Dante's time, as well as to its history. Philosophical and
theological
materials relevant to the understanding of Dante's poetry will also be studied. The two semesters together should provide not only a thorough study of the Comedy, but also a detailed introduction to High Medieval
culture.
This
is not a "required course sequence" course, and students may elect to take either semester without the other. However, they should be aware that: 1) students taking the second semester only should have read at least the
INFERNO and the first two-thirds of PURGATORY before the beginning of the semester; and 2) the second semester ONLY is a "Permission of Instructor" course, as preference for enrollment in it will be given to students who
have satisfactorily completed the first semester.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA COL Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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