ITAL 372 – POETRY, PARCHMENT & POLIS   (IN ITALIAN)

T/TH 2:00-3:15

Learn to analyze 13^th c. manuscripts and the earliest poetry written in the Italian language. Topics include courtly love, poetic rivalries, political and religious lyric, women writers, multiethnic Sicily, the legendary rulers Federico II and Genghis Khan.

Guided original research: use new skills in literary and manuscript analysis to conduct a multi-phase research project on one of Wilson Library’s previously unstudied Italian manuscripts.

Prof. Fritz-Morkin. Taught in Italian.

IDEAs in Action Gen Ed: FC-AESTH or FC-PAST, RESEARCH.
Making Connections Gen Ed: LA, WB.
Requisites: Prerequisite, ITAL 204 or 402; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite.
Global Language: Level 5 & 6 combined
Counts as elective for Italian Major and Minor