Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis The aim of the subject is to introduce students to the works of Dante Alighieri, the most important poet of the Middle Ages, through a reading of the Divina Commedia. The work will be analysed as poetic narrative, with reference to the context in which it was written. Students should consider complementing their study of Dante with an appropriate cognate historical subject on medieval and Renaissance Italy.
Assessment Written (3000 words): 50% + Examinations (2 hour): 30% + Seminar participation: 20%