Dante's Divine Comedy

Dante's Divine Comedy
Intensive examination of Dante's major opus.
ITAL
460
 Hours3.0 Credit, 3.0 Lecture, 0.0 Lab
 PrerequisitesITAL 340
 TaughtFall
 ProgramsContaining ITAL 460
Course Outcomes

Discuss and analyze Dante's poetry

By the end of this semester, successful students will be able to discuss any of the cantos listed in this syllabus from a linguistic, theological, historical and critical point of view.

Write a critical and analytical paper in Italian

By the end of the semester, successful students will have written a critical and analytical paper, incorporating existing peer-reviewed research on their topic and adding their own assessment and original ideas to the discourse. Their written linguistic ability will place in the "Advanced Low" (ACTFL scale) level, with the help of the Italian Writing Lab tutor.

Master MLA Conventions for Research Papers

Successful students will be fully familiar with MLA conventions (8th ed) for their writing assignments., and with the MLA bibliographical database