CLST 116S - The Pagan World of the Divine Comedy

Institution:

Duke University

Subject:

Classical Studies

Description:

Dante's Commedia and the texts that place it in a context: the history of thirteenth-century Florence and Dante's life; his other major works (the Vita Nuova and De Monarchia); the pagan poets whom Dante incorporated into his Commedia (Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, and Statius) and the Christian theory of biblical criticism that gave St. Augustine his perspective on pagan poets. Instructor: Clay

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):