LATIN 6214

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LATIN 6214
The Commedia and the Classics: Antiquity Through the Eyes of Dante

Course information provided by the 2021-2022 Catalog.

Reading the entire Divine Comedy, we will pay particular attention to how Dante adopts and adapts ancient/classical authors, characters, and stories into his extraordinary tale of the afterlife. We will explore the unique ways in which he intertwines history and myth, tradition and novelty, Christianity and paganism, faith and science, and other seemingly incompatible fields of human knowledge and ingenuity. Our discussions will focus on primary texts, so students should ideally have a foundation in both Italian and Latin.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: two semesters of 3000-level Latin. Students should have a solid grasp of Latin and a working knowledge of Italian. 

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18499 LATIN 6214   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person