Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Spring Quarter 2013
• Summer Quarter 2013
• Autumn Quarter 2013

Beatrice Arduini
ITAL 499
Seattle Campus

Special Topics

Topics to meet specific needs. Prerequisite: ITAL 302.

Class description

Friendship and Betrayal in Early Italian Literature

This course will investigate the themes of friendship and betrayal in the turbulent world of medieval Italy providing readings in poetry and in prose. We will analyze the historical context and discuss the literary strategies through which authors such as Guinizzelli, Cavalcanti, Dante and Boccaccio state their cases. Taught in Italian.

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Modified:May 17, 2013