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116-071 To Hell with Dante | |
Note | Formerly available as 116-318. Students who have completed 116-318 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr S Kolsky |
Prerequisites | 37.5 points of Italian at intermediate or Post-VCE level for third year. Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in Italian for fourth year. European studies students wishing to enrol in this subject would normally have completed 37.5 points of European studies at second/third year, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject concentrates on selected cantos of Dante's Inferno. Students will develop techniques which should enable them to analyse the poetic language of the Inferno. Guided readings in secondary material should give students an understanding of some of the key medieval concepts of the Inferno. The subject is designed so that students will be in a position to appreciate and analyse one of the most impressive poems in Italian literature. By the end of the subject students should have acquired some understanding of the basic theological, philosophical and literary concepts of the Inferno and have developed critical strategies for interpreting its poetry. |
Assessment | A 2-hour test and an essay of 2000 words for third year, 3000 words for fourth year. |
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