ITTR 226 DANTE'S INFERNO in TRANSLATION (3 credits)
Ms. Parker

Close reading of Dante's masterpiece, the Inferno. Lectures focus on Dante's social, political, and cultural world. Incorporates The World of Dante: A Hypermedia Archive for the Study of the Inferno, a pedagogical and research website, www.iath.virginia.edu/dante/ that offers a wide range of visual material related to the Inferno

ITAL 301 ADVANCED CONVERSATION and COMPOSITON I (3 credits)
Mr. Cesaretti

Idiomatic Italian conversation promoted via readings and discussions in Italian on current subjects, plus a variety of oral exercises including presentations, skits, and debates. Italian composition emphasized through frequent writing assigments and selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax.

ITAL 311 RENAISSANCE LITERATURE (3 credits)
Mr. Cesaretti

Prerequisite ITAL 202 or equivalent.
Study of selected masterpieces from the 13th to the 16th century. Readings and discussions in Italian. Exercises in essay writing.
Prerequisite ITAL 202 or equivalent.

ITAL 444 FLORENCE in the RENAISSANCE (3 credits)
Mr. Eisenbichler, visiting professor, University of Toronto