Overview
Description
Selected readings in the Divine Comedy with some reference to Dante’s minor works. Taught in English. Offered through USAC only.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate knowledge of the principle literary works of Dante and Boccaccio.
- use both spoken and written language in interpreting these literary works.
- identify similarities and differences in the ways the two authors express ideas and values.
- draw conclusions about literary meaning using close reading techniques and textual evidence.
- analyze these literary works in the broader context of the cultures that produced them.
- discuss how setting functions in these works.
- demonstrate self-awareness as a reader of the assumptions you bring to a text.
- discuss how these works of literature might be meaningful to us today.