ENGL 90241 - Dante I

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

The course will be a journey inside the ultimate nightmare in the whole history of literature: Dante's Inferno-a prison for eternity, accurately subdivided like a model-dungeon, perfectly organized, with no possible evasions, no bribery to the guardians, no leagues between inmates, crossed through by two traveling poets, one of them relating about their trip with outstanding precision, the other guiding him after rescuing him and becoming one of the great characters of the entire poem. We will study this great metaphor of a cosmic incarceration created by Dante's genius, and the amazing variety of the world of the convicted felons, and the philosophical ideas that rule this descent into the womb of the Earth where Lucifer, the utmost convict, lies.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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