Dante's Divine Comedy in Translation: syllabus
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Laurie Shepard, Boston College
Week1 Introduction to Dante, the Divine Comedy and the course.
Virgil’s Punishment and the pilgrim’s fear
Week 2 Francesca’s regret
The Topography of Hell & the City of Dite
Week 3 When man seeks to make himself immortal
The descent into lower Hell and Dante’s dramatic poetry
Week 4 Vying with Ovid
Ulisses: hero or sinner?
Week 5 The price paid by the innocent in a corrupt society
Loitering on the shores of Purgatorio
Week 6 Dante’s anger at Florence
Art, music and penetence in Purgatorio
Week 7 The meaning of Free Will
Free Will and Politics
Week 8 Midterm Oral Exam
The lesson of Statius
Week 9 Poetry and Truth
Week 10 Hierarchy and Equality
Week 11 The Theology of Love In Paradiso
Another vision of Earthly Paradise: Florence in the days of Cacciaguida
Week 12 The Anger of Saint Peter
Dante’s Different Guides and the divine mystery
Dante’s Different Guides and the divine mystery
