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Intro to Genres: Dante and the Middle Ages C LIT 252 B, ITAL 262 a Autumn 2017 Intro to Genres: Dante and the Middle Ages C LIT 252 B, ITAL 262 A Autumn 2017 Instructor: Professor Beatrice Arduini [email protected] Office Hours: TTh 11:30AM-12:30PM, and by appointment (Padelford C-249) Class meets: TTh 1:30-3:20PM in Thomson (THO) 134 Course description: This course is devoted to one of the most fascinating and influential masterpieces of Western literature, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Dante's poem relates one man's journey from the dark wood of error to the vision of truth, but as readers we not only observe the pilgrim's journey through the afterlife, we participate in it as well. We encounter questions about the nature of evil, the possibility for spiritual improvement, and the experience of true happiness, and we discover surprising parallels with our own time. Readings of Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso seek to situate Dante's work within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, with special attention to political, philosophical and theological concerns. Taught in English. Learning objectives: - Introduce the major currents of thirteen-century Italian literature and the main historical events of that period of time - Discuss Dante’s major work, with particular emphasis on the historical and aesthetic significance of the Divine Comedy in the history of Medieval literature and European culture - Improve critical thinking, reading, writing skills while examining some episodes of the poem using a variety of media. Classroom work and discussions, audio and visual materials provided by the instructor, and structured and creative assignments will facilitate the student’s achievement of the goals of the course. Required Books: Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: all volumes Bantam Classics (Inferno 1980, Purgatorio 1982, and Paradiso 1984), OR any edition with footnotes and endnotes. Suggested: Guy P. Raffa, The Complete Danteworlds. University of Chicago Press, 2009. Websites: Danteworlds (University of Texas at Austin) http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/ Digital Dante (Columbia University) http://digitaldante.columbia.edu/ The World of Dante (University of Virginia) http://www.worldofdante.org/ The Dante Society of America https://www.dantesociety.org/ Course requirements and grading: • 10% Participation: the course requires steady attendance and preparation of readings. Come to class prepared to discuss the representative sins (or virtues) in each canto, and the representative characters of each canto. You should also be prepared to describe, for each canto, the relevant contrapasso (in the case of the Inferno), or the penitential sort of contrapasso (in the Purgatorio), or the relationship between a character’s history and his or her position in Heaven (in the Paradiso). It is essential that you read the cantos thoroughly and carefully, and use the endnotes of your edition of the Divine Comedy and the website http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/. Underline passages you find especially beautiful or eloquent, or especially disturbing or confusing, and those aspects that stimulate meaningful discussion. The works we will be reading are both thematically and linguistically complicated in a number of ways, and I encourage you to locate these complications and to engage the class in a discussion of them. • 20% Questions prepared beforehand: You should be prepared to share with the class the aspects you find most difficult to understand about each canto. You will be asked to prepare one or two questions inspired by the readings for that week. Questions should be posted on Canvas. Please bring these questions with you to our class meetings. Throughout the quarter you will be expected to engage with your peers in a thoughtful, detailed, and constructive manner, both in class and online. To that end, in addition to posting your own reading reflection, you will also respond to one of your peers’ questions via Canvas each week. These comments should be posted (as a reply to your peer) on the Canvas discussion page. I’d like you to respond to a different person each week where possible. • 20% Quizzes (10%x2; on October 19 and November 16) • 15% Midterm Exam (on October 31) • 20% Final Exam (due on December 13) • 15% Dante Today: Presentation (5%, on November 28 and 30) + Short Paper (10%, due on December 7): find and explain in a 2 to 4-page paper – in the standard 12 pt. font, double-spaced, margins – "citings" and/or "sightings" of Dante and his work in contemporary culture. See for examples http://research.bowdoin.edu/dante-today/ If you wish to receive writing credits for this course, you will be required to schedule a meeting with me, write a 5-page first draft for your Dante Today assignment by November 16, and revise your paper according to my suggestions. Please contact me at [email protected] if you need further information. Students who complete the additional requirements will receive Ws on their transcripts; the other students in the course will not. Student Academic Responsibility: Students at the University of Washington are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic conduct. Most UW students conduct themselves with integrity and are disturbed when they observe others cheating. The information on these pages should help you avoid unintentional misconduct and clarify the consequences of cheating: http://depts.washington.edu/grading/pdf/AcademicResponsibility.pdf Note: the syllabus may be changed at any time if necessary. The online version of this syllabus is the most current one. Weekly course schedule: * We will focus our in-class discussions on the Inferno cantos listed here, but you are expected to read all the Inferno cantos. Date 1st meeting 2nd meeting Suggested Readings (available on Week 1 September 28 (first day of Canvas) class) John A. Scott, “Dante and His Introduction: Dante, his life Contemporary World” and his works; Inferno 1 Week 2 October 3 October 5 Inferno 1, 2, and 3 Inferno 4 and 5 Week 3 October 10 October 12 Inferno 10 and 13 Inferno 15 and 19 Week 4 October 17 October 19 October 17: visit to the Special Inferno 21 and 22 Quiz 1 Collections (with Sandra Kroupa) + Special Collections Inferno 26 Week 5 October 24 October 26 Teodolinda Barolini, “Dante’s Ulysses: Inferno 27 and 33 Inferno 34 Narrative and Transgression” (see Inf. 26) Review Week 6 October 31 November 2 Dante's Inferno (1911 film) Midterm Exam Purgatorio 1 and 3 Week 7 November 7 November 9 November 9: tour of the library resources Purgatorio 5, 6 and 11 Purgatorio 16 and 17 (with Deb Raftus) + Library Resources Week 8 November 14 November 16 Lino Pertile, “Does the Stilnovo go to Purgatorio 21, 22 and 24 Purgatorio 28, 30, and 33 Heaven?” Quiz 2 November 16: 5-page first draft due for those who wish to receive writing credits Week 9 November 21 November 23 Representation of Dante's Thanksgiving lecture Week 10 November 28 November 30 Paul Olson, “Theme and Structure in the Paradiso 1, 3 and 6 Paradiso 11, 15 and 17 Exordium of the Paradiso” Presentations Presentations Week 11 December 5 December 7 Paradiso 24, 25 and 26 Paradiso 33 Dante Today paper due Final Exam: Upload 1-2 page long answers to the “Assignments” tab on Canvas, in the standard 12 pt. font, double-spaced format, margins, by Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 6:30 p.m. Materials received after the deadline will receive a 0 grade. .
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