ITA 701 - Medieval and Renaissance Short Story

This course will investigate the evolution of the Italian narrative prose from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Students will read and discuss representative texts in their historical context. Readings will include excerpts from the Novellino, Dante’s La Vita Nuova, and the Decameron by Boccaccio, as well as from other writers of the Renaissance such as Petrarch, Luigi Pulci, Lorenzo de Medici, and Niccolo Machiavelli. The course is conducted in Italian.
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Credits: 3