DANTE'S DIVINA COMMEDIA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ITALIAN 321 , 322 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate knowledge of Dante’s life and work. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Master methods of literary and cultural analysis through analyzing and explaining texts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Retain a critical understanding of the works studied, synthesize and define a field of inquiry in a persuasive and coherent manner. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Undertake advanced bibliographical research: identify, select, retrieve, and make effective use of primary and secondary sources. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write a competent critical and analytical essay. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Lead a well-informed discussion of medieval literature and culture utilizing an adequate proficiency of Italian and English. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Communicate and defend complex ideas in a clear and understandable manner, in both Italian and English. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Retain a critical understanding of the works studied, synthesize and define a field of inquiry in a persuasive and coherent manner. Audience: Graduate 9. Undertake advanced bibliographical research: identify, select, retrieve, and make effective use of primary and secondary sources. Audience: Graduate 10. Demonstrate originality of thinking and insight that reaches beyond the current boundaries of knowledge in the field. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate knowledge of Dante’s life and work. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Master methods of literary and cultural analysis through analyzing and explaining texts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Retain a critical understanding of the works studied, synthesize and define a field of inquiry in a persuasive and coherent manner. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Undertake advanced bibliographical research: identify, select, retrieve, and make effective use of primary and secondary sources. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write a competent critical and analytical essay. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Lead a well-informed discussion of medieval literature and culture utilizing an adequate proficiency of Italian and English. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Communicate and defend complex ideas in a clear and understandable manner, in both Italian and English. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Retain a critical understanding of the works studied, synthesize and define a field of inquiry in a persuasive and coherent manner. Audience: Graduate 9. Undertake advanced bibliographical research: identify, select, retrieve, and make effective use of primary and secondary sources. Audience: Graduate 10. Demonstrate originality of thinking and insight that reaches beyond the current boundaries of knowledge in the field. Audience: Graduate