DANTE, LIFE, WORKS AND FORTUNE (FOCUSING ON THE DIVINE COMEDY)
- Academic year
- 2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- FILOLOGIA E CRITICA DANTESCA SP.
- Course code
- FM0083 (AF:308411 AR:170220)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Degree level
- Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
- Educational sector code
- L-FIL-LET/13
- Period
- 4th Term
- Where
- VENEZIA
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
Each student will acquire knowledge of the main methodologies of textual analysis of selected canti of Purgatorio.
Pre-requirements
A knowledge of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italian literature.
Referral texts
G. Gorni, Dante. Storia di un visionario, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008
OR R. Jacoff (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Dante, 2nd edition, Cambridge 2007
A recent edition with commentary: choose one from the following list:
S. Bellomo (Torino, Einaudi, 2019), G. Inglese (Roma, Carocci, 2011), U. Bosco - G. Reggio (Firenze, Le Monnier, 1988 o ristampe), E. Pasquini - E. Quaglio (Milano, Garzanti, 1979 o ristampe).
Further bibliography will be recommended during lectures
OR R. Jacoff (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Dante, 2nd edition, Cambridge 2007
A recent edition with commentary: choose one from the following list:
S. Bellomo (Torino, Einaudi, 2019), G. Inglese (Roma, Carocci, 2011), U. Bosco - G. Reggio (Firenze, Le Monnier, 1988 o ristampe), E. Pasquini - E. Quaglio (Milano, Garzanti, 1979 o ristampe).
Further bibliography will be recommended during lectures
Assessment methods
Evaluation of students’ learning progress will take place through an oral examination during which two questions will normally be set, on the following topics:
a) reading and commenting on a passage of the Purgatorio;
b) main critical problems relating to the Comedy.
a) reading and commenting on a passage of the Purgatorio;
b) main critical problems relating to the Comedy.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars
Lettura e commento di alcuni canti del Purgatorio
A reading of and commentary on selected canti of Purgatorio
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Two essential starting points are 1) the Enciclopedia Dantesca; 2) any series of Lectura Dantis which covers all 100 canti, eg Lectura Dantis Scaligera, Firenze, Le Monnier, 1967.
General Introductions to Dante
A. Iannucci (ed.), Dante: Contemporary Perspectives, Toronto University Press, 1997
R. Jacoff, T. Schnapp (eds), The Poetry of Allusion. Virgil and Ovid in Dante’s Commedia, Stanford University Press, 1991
J. Kleiner, Mismapping the Underworld. Daring and Error in Dante’s Comedy, Stanford University Press, 1994
Bibliography on Purgatorio
A good recent Lectura Dantis is this Bologna one, with recent volumes on Purgatorio:-
Lectura Dantis Bononiensis, vol. 5, a cura di E. Pasquini, C. Galli, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2015 (Purgatorio, canti 1-2)
Lectura Dantis Bononiensis, vol. 6, a cura di E. Pasquini, C. Galli, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2017 (Purgatorio, canti 3-10)
Lectura Dantis Bononiensis, vol. 7, a cura di E. Pasquini, C. Galli, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2018 (Purgatorio, canti 11-18)
Lectura Dantis Bononiensis, vol. 8, a cura di E. Pasquini, C. Galli, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2019 (Purgatorio, canti 19-26)
P. Armour, The Door of Purgatory. A Study of Multiple Symbolism in Dante’s Purgatorio, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1983
P. Armour, Dante’s Griffin and the History of the World, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1983
Z. Baranski, Canto VI, in T. Wlassics (ed.), Dante’s Divine Comedy. Introductory Readings, II: Purgatorio, Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 1993, pp. 80-97
T. Barolini, Dante’s Poets. Textuality and Truth in the Comedy, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1984
G. Cambon, The modulations of solicitude (on Purg. 5) in his book, Dante’s craft. Studies in language and style, Minnesota University Press, 1969
S. Carapezza, Legge, luce e libertà. Richiami testuali ed efficacia rappresentativa nell’approdo al Purgatorio, in her book, E cielo e terra. Echi biblici e strategie poetiche nella Commedia, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2014, pp. 19-33
R. Hollander, Dante’s Cato Again, in Dantean Dialogues. Engaging with the Legacy of Amilcare Iannucci, a cura di Maggie Kilgour e Elena Lombardi, Toronto-Buffalo-London: University of Toronto Press, 2013, pp. 66-124
A. Iliano, Sulle sponde del Prepurgatorio, Fiesole, Cadmo, 1997
A. Pegoretti, Dal ‘lito diserto’ al giardino. La costruzione del paesaggio nel Purgatorio di Dante, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2007
L. Pertile, La puttana e il gigante: dal Cantico dei cantici al Paradiso terrestre di Dante, Ravenna, Longo, 1998
E. Raimondi, Rito e storia nel I canto del Purgatorio, in Id., Metafora e storia. Studi su Dante e Petrarca, Torino: Einaudi, 1970, pp. 65-94 (originariamente in Lettere italiane, XIV, 1962, pp. 129-150)
G. Sasso, Purgatorio e Antipurgatorio. Un’indagine dantesca, Roma, Viella, 2019
J. A. Scott, Dante’s Political Purgatory, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996
Lettura e commento di alcuni canti del Purgatorio
A reading of and commentary on selected canti of Purgatorio
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Two essential starting points are 1) the Enciclopedia Dantesca; 2) any series of Lectura Dantis which covers all 100 canti, eg Lectura Dantis Scaligera, Firenze, Le Monnier, 1967.
General Introductions to Dante
A. Iannucci (ed.), Dante: Contemporary Perspectives, Toronto University Press, 1997
R. Jacoff, T. Schnapp (eds), The Poetry of Allusion. Virgil and Ovid in Dante’s Commedia, Stanford University Press, 1991
J. Kleiner, Mismapping the Underworld. Daring and Error in Dante’s Comedy, Stanford University Press, 1994
Bibliography on Purgatorio
A good recent Lectura Dantis is this Bologna one, with recent volumes on Purgatorio:-
Lectura Dantis Bononiensis, vol. 5, a cura di E. Pasquini, C. Galli, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2015 (Purgatorio, canti 1-2)
Lectura Dantis Bononiensis, vol. 6, a cura di E. Pasquini, C. Galli, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2017 (Purgatorio, canti 3-10)
Lectura Dantis Bononiensis, vol. 7, a cura di E. Pasquini, C. Galli, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2018 (Purgatorio, canti 11-18)
Lectura Dantis Bononiensis, vol. 8, a cura di E. Pasquini, C. Galli, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2019 (Purgatorio, canti 19-26)
P. Armour, The Door of Purgatory. A Study of Multiple Symbolism in Dante’s Purgatorio, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1983
P. Armour, Dante’s Griffin and the History of the World, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1983
Z. Baranski, Canto VI, in T. Wlassics (ed.), Dante’s Divine Comedy. Introductory Readings, II: Purgatorio, Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 1993, pp. 80-97
T. Barolini, Dante’s Poets. Textuality and Truth in the Comedy, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1984
G. Cambon, The modulations of solicitude (on Purg. 5) in his book, Dante’s craft. Studies in language and style, Minnesota University Press, 1969
S. Carapezza, Legge, luce e libertà. Richiami testuali ed efficacia rappresentativa nell’approdo al Purgatorio, in her book, E cielo e terra. Echi biblici e strategie poetiche nella Commedia, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2014, pp. 19-33
R. Hollander, Dante’s Cato Again, in Dantean Dialogues. Engaging with the Legacy of Amilcare Iannucci, a cura di Maggie Kilgour e Elena Lombardi, Toronto-Buffalo-London: University of Toronto Press, 2013, pp. 66-124
A. Iliano, Sulle sponde del Prepurgatorio, Fiesole, Cadmo, 1997
A. Pegoretti, Dal ‘lito diserto’ al giardino. La costruzione del paesaggio nel Purgatorio di Dante, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2007
L. Pertile, La puttana e il gigante: dal Cantico dei cantici al Paradiso terrestre di Dante, Ravenna, Longo, 1998
E. Raimondi, Rito e storia nel I canto del Purgatorio, in Id., Metafora e storia. Studi su Dante e Petrarca, Torino: Einaudi, 1970, pp. 65-94 (originariamente in Lettere italiane, XIV, 1962, pp. 129-150)
G. Sasso, Purgatorio e Antipurgatorio. Un’indagine dantesca, Roma, Viella, 2019
J. A. Scott, Dante’s Political Purgatory, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996
Teaching language
English
Further information
Further reading: G. Gorni, Dante. Storia di un visionario, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008
Students unable to attend will be obliged to read, in addition to the above bibliography, also
A. Iannucci (a c. di), Dante e la ‘Bella scola’ della poesia, Ravenna, Longo, 1993
Students unable to attend will be obliged to read, in addition to the above bibliography, also
A. Iannucci (a c. di), Dante e la ‘Bella scola’ della poesia, Ravenna, Longo, 1993
Type of exam
Oral examination
Definitive programme.