The Divine Comedy: Dante's Journey to Freedom, Part 1 - Georgetown University
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Jorge Luis Borges, the great Argentine writer, said that no one should deny themselves the pleasure of reading Dante's Divine Comedy. In this course, you will discover precisely what Borges meant.
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- The Divine Comedy
- Dante
- Literature
- Humanities
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What you'll learn
- Students will become familiar with the theory and practice of “Contemplative Reading” that constitutes one of the principal structural dynamics of Liberal Arts education.
- Students will be able to apply the general practice of “Contemplative Reading” to Dante’s Divine Comedy.
- Students will demonstrate in-depth and relatively advanced familiarity with and knowledge of an epic poem of the highest cultural significance; in specific, Dante’s Divine Comedy.
- Students will begin to articulate for themselves their own personal convictions in response to reflection questions about human dignity, freedom and responsibility with which the Divine Comedy inevitably confronts its readers.
- Students will engage with the most fundamental goal of Liberal education, promoting the universal dignity of personhood.
- Students will become acquainted with the specific contributions the Christian, Catholic and Jesuit tradition of Georgetown University bring to the promotion of human dignity.
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The Divine Comedy: Dante's Journey to Freedom, Part 1 - Georgetown University