Italian Studies 507 - Dante & The Duecento

In this course, students will become familiar with the major currents of thirteenth-century Italian poetry and will explore Dante?s Divine Comedy as an encyclopedic compendium of medieval thought as well as a very personal vision of the individual?s place in the universe, a journey that is as meaningful now as it was 700 years ago. Taught in English with ITALIAN 497J but with extra meetings in Italian.