Italian Studies 608 - Dante's Comedy

Spring
2019
01
3.00
Michael Papio
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
16034
Herter Hall room 224
papio@hfa.umass.edu
16038
Taught in English. 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. Counts toward Italian major and minor as well as the Medieval Studies Certificate.
Meets with Italian 497J
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.