Italian Studies 466 - The Three Crowns

In this course, students will gain a general familiarity with the three most influential and perennially important writers of Italian literature: Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. We shall trace some of their principal concerns against the backdrop of their contemporary society and witness the transformation of a variety of subjects, from theology to history, from poetry to popular culture. Particular emphasis will be placed on the ways in which Petrarca and Boccaccio thought of themselves as continuators ? or innovators ? with respect to the Dantean tradition. Course taught in Italian.

Pre Req: ITALIAN 240 or 246