24. General Review

Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)

The last class of the semester consists of a brief recapitulation of topics in the Divine Comedy addressed throughout the course, followed by an extensive question and answer session with the students. The questions posed allow Professor Mazzotta to elaborate on issues raised over the course of the semester, from Dante's place within the medieval love tradition to the relationship between his roles as poet and theologian.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Distinctive Theological Concerns in the "Divine Comedy"
12:05 - Chapter 2. Three Elements of Dante's Theology
22:12 - Chapter 3. The Question of Language
29:01 - Chapter 4. Question and Answer on Desire, the Papacy
46:54 - Chapter 5. Question and Answer on Hermeneutics, Other Religions, Violence
01:04:33 - Chapter 6. Question and Answer on Violence, Dante as Saint and Poet

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Fall 2008.