printer friendly pageITALIAN 238: How Stories are Told: from Arabian Nights to Boccaccio and Shakespeare (ITALIAN 338)
Taking a comparative approach, this course explores the cultural and literal dynamics of multiple storytelling traditions across the world through the inter-textual and contextual analysis of major authors such Ovid, Chaucer, and Christine de Pizan. With an emphasis on reception studies, the course focuses on the case of Giovanni Boccaccio's legacy up to the early modern period. Students from disciplinary fields other than Italian Studies are especially welcome. All the class lectures and readings will be in English.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
ITALIAN 238A: Dante's "Inferno" (COMPLIT 238A, ITALIAN 338A)
Intensive reading of Dante's "Inferno" (the first canticle of his three canticle poem The Divine Comedy). Main objective: to learn how to read the Inferno in detail and in depth, which entails both close textual analysis as well as a systematic reconstruction of the Christian doctrines that subtend the poem. The other main objective is to understand how Dante's civic and political identity as a Florentine, and especially his exile from Florence, determined his literary career and turned him into the author of the poem. Special emphasis on Dante's moral world view and his representation of character. Taught in English.
Last offered: Autumn 2023
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
ITALIAN 238B: Dante's "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso" (COMPLIT 238B, ITALIAN 338B)
Reading the second and third canticles of Dante's "Divine Comedy." Prerequisite: students must have read Dante's "Inferno" in a course or on their own. Taught in English. Recommended: reading knowledge of Italian.
Last offered: Winter 2024
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
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