ITAL 21 Early Italian Literature and Culture

This course will offer an introduction to medieval Italian literature and culture through readings of literary masterworks of the period. The approach will be interdisciplinary: we will consider connections between literary texts and medieval art, music, philosophical currents, and historical events. Specific topics will vary for each offering; themes may include the importance of writing in the vernacular, discourses of love, conceptions of sex roles and gender, personal and political aspirations of the self in society, and the constitution of ideal forms of social organization. Readings will be selected from Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, Caterina da Siena, and others.

Instructor

See department website

Prerequisite

Italian 10 or permission of the instructor

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:LIT; WCult:W

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