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The Divine Comedy: Dante's Journey to Freedom
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 8 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Introduction to the Course and Course/Inferno Themes
Book1: Vita Nuova
- Chapters 1-19
- Chapters 20-42
- Book2: Inferno
- Canti 1-4
- Canti 5-10
- Canti 11-16
- Canti 17-23
- Canti 24-30
- Canti 31-34
- Book 3: Purgatorio
- Introduction toPurgatorioThemes
- Canti 1-6
- Canti 7-12
- Canti 13-18
- Canti 19-24
- Canti 25-29
- Canti 30-33
- Book 4: Paradiso
- Introduction to Paradiso Themes
- Canti 1-5
- Canti 6-12
- Canti 13-17
- Canti 18-23
- Canti 24-29
- Canti 30-33
Prerequisite
Instructors
Frank Ambrosio
Associate Professor of Philosophy Senior Fellow
Georgetown University
Francesco Ciabattoni
Term Associate Professor in Italian Literature in Georgetown College, Italian Department
Georgetown University
Jo Ann Moran Cruz
Associate Professor of History
Georgetown University
Eddie Maloney
Professor, English
Georgetown University
Anthony DelDonna
Professor
Georgetown University
Frederick Binkholder
Professor of the Practice, Department of Performing Arts
Georgetown University
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