Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; written work, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours
Catalog page 237
Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or the consent of instructor
Description: A close reading of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” using a bilingual edition. Focuses on conceptual and aesthetic questions. Although the work is read in English, students without previous knowledge of Italian are given some instruction in it to enable them to understand parts of the original work.