LALL 955 - Dante in the Modern World

An exploration of Dante’s journey in the Divine Comedy, his search for order, for answers to ultimate questions and his inspiration of artists in various media, such as Baudelaire, T.S. Elliot, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Rodin, Rauschenberg. The main subject for the study is Inferno, with references to the Purgatorio and the Paradiso.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: LACR 102

Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs