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LIT 114E - 01   One Way Ticket to Hell ? and Back: Exploring Dante?s Inferno

2020 Summer Quarter

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Career
Undergraduate
Grading
Student Option
Class Number
71065
Type
Lecture
Instruction Mode
In Person
Credits
5 units
General Education
TA
Status
Open
Available Seats
15
Enrollment Capacity
50
Enrolled
35
Wait List Capacity
0
Wait List Total
0

Description

Focuses on the Inferno, the first cantica of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Examines different uses of metamorphosis in Dante's representation of Hell, including the relationship between the ancient idea of human metamorphosis and Dante's representation of the Christian contrappasso (retribution), and the medieval concept of imago Dei (in God's likeness). Critical approach designations: Canons, Power and Subjectivities. Distribution requirements: Poetry, Pre-1750.

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Days & Times Room Instructor Meeting Dates
MW 01:00PM-04:30PM Gianferrari,F. 06/22/20 - 07/24/20
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