Teacher
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GRAZZINI Filippo
(syllabus)
Introductory lessons will be hold on Dante's personality. The core of course will consist in the analysis of influence of Dante, especially on subjects as love poetry and politics, on Petrarch, Boccaccio and later on Machiavelli. Texts to be studied: Dante Vita nova (entirely); Rime: “Al poco giorno”; “I’son venuto”, “Amor, tu vedi ben”, “Così nel mio parlar”; Divina commedia: Hell I, V, X, XXXII, XXXIII; PuRgatory VI, XXX, XXXI; Petrarch: Canzoniere (entirely); Boccaccio: Decameron: V 8, V 9; Machiavelli: L’Asino; Favola (Tale of Belfagor). In case furher traching is provided, studentes wull be properly informed about. Erasmus students and/or students not mother tongue, who consider their knowledge of Italian literature non to be sufficient to face the above indicated progam, are entitled to agree on an alternative program the the teacher. If they consider their knowledge of Italian language specifically non to be sufficient, they will undergo exam in English. In this case they will be required to study 15 Cantos of Dante's Divine Comedy (at least 8 of them belonging to Hell), to be found in English translation on www.dantonline.it (Società Dantesca Italiana), along with the entry Dante Alighieri in https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dante-Alighieri/The-Divine-Comedy.
(reference books)
Dante, Commedia, ed. by R. Bruscagli and G. Giudizi, Bologna: Zanichelli; Rime e Vita Nova ed. by C. Giunta and G. Gorni, Milan: Mondadori; Petrarca, Canzoniere, ed. by M. Santagata, Milan: Mondadori; Boccaccio, Decameron, ed. by A. Quondam and others, Milan: BUR Rizzoli; Machiavelli, Scritti in poesia e in prosa, ed. by F. Bausi and others, Rome: Salerno Editrice.
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