The Divine Comedy

Spring 2015

Date


1/20

1/22


1/27

1/29


2/3

2/5


2/10

2/12


2/17

2/19


2/24

2/26

Primary Reading


introduction

Inferno I


Inferno II-V

Inferno VI-IX


Inferno X-XII

Inferno XIII-XV


Inferno XVI-XVIII

Inferno XIX-XXI


Inferno XXII-XXIV

Inferno XXV-XXVII


Inferno XXVIII-XXX

Inferno XXXI-XXXIV


Purgatorio I-IV

Purgatorio V-VIII


Purgatorio IX-XII

Purgatorio XIII-XVI


Purgatorio XVII-XX

Purgatorio XXI-XXIV


Spring Break

Spring Break


Purgatorio XXV-XXVIII

Purgatorio XXIX-XXXIII


Paradiso I-IV

Paradiso V-VIII


Paradiso IX-XII

Paradiso XIII-XVI


Paradiso XVII-XX

Paradiso XXI-XXIV


Paradiso XXV-XXVIII

Paradiso XXIX-XXXIII


conclusion



3/3

3/5


3/10

3/12


3/17

3/19


3/24*

3/26*


3/31

4/2


4/7

4/9


4/14

4/16


4/21

4/23


4/28

4/30


5/5


5/12

Secondary


Mazzotta, Pertile


Harrison

(Vita nuova)


Barolini

(Vita nuova)


Ascoli

(Immunitas)


Freccero

(Immunitas)


Schnapp

(Immunitas)


Hawkins

(Rime petrose)


Brownlee

(Zizek)



Davis


Jakoff

(Auerbach, Cangrande)


Ferrante

(Communitas)


Williams

(Communitas)


Boitani

(Communitas)



Work




(presentation)




paper 1


(presentation)


(presentation)


(presentation)



paper 2


(presentation)



(presentation)




paper 3

The reading materials and assignments in (parentheses) are for graduate students.


The paper due dates for undergraduates are:

   paper 1 (creative): 2/26

   paper 2 (close reading): 4/2

   paper 3 (synthesis): 5/12


Graduate students need to sign up for one of the presentation slots:

   presentation 1: Dante's Vita nuova: 2/12

   presentation 2: Esposito, Immunitas: 3/5 (Leianna)

   presentation 3: Dante's Rime petrose: 3/12

   presentation 4: Zizek, "Courtly Love, or Woman as Thing": 3/19 (Kelly)

   presentation 5: Dante's "Letter to Can Grande," Auerbach, "Figura": 4/9 (Katie)

   presentation 6: Esposito, Communitas: 4/21 (Brooke)