Spring Semester 2009
Tour Dates (tentative): May 11 - 20

        

Italy: Florence, Ravenna, & Venice    

Literary Landscapes of Northern Italy

Dr. Taura Napier         

 BU 011, T 5:15-6:05pm

 

This seminar will introduce students to literature focusing on the cities of Florence, Bologna, Ravenna, and Venice from the classical period to the present.  Various genres of writing, including novels, poetry, and letters, will be discussed in order to illustrate how Italian writers from Dante to the contemporary novelist Dacia Maraini imagine their cities, as well as how eminent English-speaking writers have reflected in their works the Italian cities they knew and loved.  Students will learn diverse aspects of Italian culture in addition to the literature studied, including language, history, art, and cuisine.

 

Surcharge $800