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Florence, Italy - Course Descriptions - 14th Century Italian Literature: Dante, Bocaccio, Petrarca

Course Information

Subject: English (ENG)
Number: 200 Level
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisites: College level English composition course

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits

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In this Literature course students will study and read portions of the major literary works of three of the most influential and important poets in Italian Literature, Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarca.  These works will be read in translation.  Main readings will be taken from Dante's Divine Comedy, Boccaccio's Decameron and Petrarca's Canzoniere.  The historical, political and philosophic influences will be discussed in-depth.