— Dante's Paradiso & the Divine Comedy

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Dante’s literary vision of heaven in the Divine Comedy, Paradiso, with focus on reading the poem in cultural context. Ethical problems of salvation and damnation; universality and difference; mysticism, fantasy, and imagination; relationship between body and soul; free will vs fate; medieval astrology; paradise in art and society. Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s), Project. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE). Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s), Project. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE).