ITAL 213 The Three Crowns of Italian Literature and Culture: Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio
This course explores a variety of works penned by the Three Crowns of Italian literature and culture: Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. Students will read a selection of prose and poetical works which include but are not limited to the Divine Comedy, Secretum, The Canzoniere, and The Decameron. Close readings will be carried out with the goal of understanding the ways these texts synthesized the canonical and non-canonical literary trends of their time and ultimately created a set of distinct literary styles that continue to make a profound aesthetic impact up until this day in literature, art, and film. All readings, discussion, and writing are conducted in English. Fulfills Explorations in Literature, pending approval.