The Myth of Venice. Culture, Literature, Entertainment: syllabus
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Valeria Finucci, Duke University
Week 1
Venice in the Early Modern Period. Dressing like a Venetian.
Week 2
Love and Venice: The Venetian Comedy
Week 3
Poets and Courtesans
Screening of film Dangerous Beauty (film on Veronica Franco)
Week 4
Family Ties and the Venetian State
Partial screening of film Othello
Week 5
Taking Care of the Surplus: Brothers and Sisters
Week 6
War and Empire
Week 7
The Jewish Ghetto
Partial screening of The Merchant of Venice
Week 8
Rebels and the Inquisition
Week 9
“Sodom” and Venice
Week 10
The New Stage: Actors and Actresses
Week 11
Opera: Male and Female Sopranos
Partial screening of movie: Farinelli
Week 12
The Venetian Lothario: Giacomo Casanova
Partial screening of movie: Casanova
Venice in the Early Modern Period. Dressing like a Venetian.
Week 2
Love and Venice: The Venetian Comedy
Week 3
Poets and Courtesans
Screening of film Dangerous Beauty (film on Veronica Franco)
Week 4
Family Ties and the Venetian State
Partial screening of film Othello
Week 5
Taking Care of the Surplus: Brothers and Sisters
Week 6
War and Empire
Week 7
The Jewish Ghetto
Partial screening of The Merchant of Venice
Week 8
Rebels and the Inquisition
Week 9
“Sodom” and Venice
Week 10
The New Stage: Actors and Actresses
Week 11
Opera: Male and Female Sopranos
Partial screening of movie: Farinelli
Week 12
The Venetian Lothario: Giacomo Casanova
Partial screening of movie: Casanova
