ITAL250A

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ITAL250A - Love, Literature, and Language in the Italian Middle Ages

ItalianUndergraduateUA - UA General

Course ID

018267

Course Description

This course investigates the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Italy, a time of great tumult with events such as the 100 Years War, the Avignon Papacy, and the Black Plague of 1348. The course focuses on the great writings of the age, for instance, Dante's Inferno, Petrarch's lyric poetry, Boccaccio's Decameron, as well as the first women writers in Italy. This course may be applied toward the major or minor in Italian or Italian Studies (please speak with an advisor for more information). Taught in English.

Min Units

3

Max Units

3

Repeatable for Credit

No

Grading Basis

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Career

Undergraduate

Course Attributes

GE - T2-HUM (Tier 2 Humanities), GEED - EPHUM (Gen Ed: EP Humanist)

Course Requisites

Two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (Catalog numbers 160A, 160B, 160C, 160D).

May be convened with

Component

Lecture

Optional Component

No