ITAL 6450
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- Schedule of Classes - April 13, 2026 10:10AM EDT
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ITAL 6450
Course Description
Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.
This seminar is dedicated to an in-depth study of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron (1340-51), a masterpiece of Italian literature whose popularity has been renewed as it has been proclaimed "the 14th-century Italian book that shows us how to survive "coronavirus" and the "medieval book to read while under quarantine." Particular attention will be dedicated to: gender; social class; the ethical dimension of literature; Boccaccio's refashioning of Italian, Latin, French, and Provencal source material. Knowledge of Italian is not required.
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