THE COURSE AIMS TO GIVE STUDENTS A BASIC GROUNDING IN THE HISTORY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE, DEVELOPING GENERAL HISTORICAL-LITERARY AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES.
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This course will investigate the main characteristics of Dante's 'Purgatory'; special attention will be addressed to allegories, figurative arts, and imagery of the afterlife.
Required Text Books (1, 2, 3, and 4):
1. Primary Works: D. Alighieri, Commedia. Purgatorio (suggested editions: by A.M. Chiavacci Leonardi, Milan, Mondadori, 2016; by B. Garavelli, Milan, Rizzoli, 2021, by G. Inglese, Rome, Carocci, 2016; or by R. Mercuri, Turin, Einaudi, 2021);
Mutuazione: 20709851 LETTERATURA ITALIANA (PER S.C.P.A) in Lettere L-10 CRIMI GIUSEPPE
Programme
"Soaring to the stars". Symbols, metaphors, and allegories in Dante's 'Purgatory'This course will investigate the main characteristics of Dante's 'Purgatory'; special attention will be addressed to allegories, figurative arts, and imagery of the afterlife.
Core Documentation
Bibliography:Required Text Books (1, 2, 3, and 4):
1. Primary Works: D. Alighieri, Commedia. Purgatorio (suggested editions: by A.M. Chiavacci Leonardi, Milan, Mondadori, 2016; by B. Garavelli, Milan, Rizzoli, 2021, by G. Inglese, Rome, Carocci, 2016; or by R. Mercuri, Turin, Einaudi, 2021);
Type of delivery of the course
Traditional (face to face) teaching and online teachingType of evaluation
Oral examination