Dante's Divina Commedia in Italy- A Program for Teachers and other Interested Adults
University of Dallas
 

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Program Terms • Summer Program Participants • Graduate (College) • Adults		Quick Look • Location: Rome - Italy • Language of Instruction: English • Academic Credit Available: Yes Overview Dante is certainly the greatest of the Italian poets, and his lyric epic, the Divine Comedy, may be the greatest poem ever written. Too often people know only the first canticle of the poem, theInferno, but the Purgatorio and the Paradiso complete the vision. No reader should be left in hell! We will study the entire poem in English in two ways—first, through Socratic conversation in seminars on the poem on UD’s campus in the Italian countryside; second, through travel--in Rome and to Florence and Ravenna--to learn about the Italian culture he both inherited and reinvented. We will study the ancient Roman and medieval Christian traditions he inherited, and the Italian Renaissance impossible without him; finally we will turn to a modern Italy, Europe and America unable to leave him behind. We have crafted this experience especially for teachers for professional development and other adults from all walks of life seriously interested in informed study and travel. In past years lawyers, businesspeople, artists, doctors and more have traveled with UD summer programs. We offer three hours of master’s credit for completing the course. We also provide an online component of the class in which participants can consult with the professors, pursue research, and post papers afterwards to share and learn as a group. Non-credit participation is also welcome! Academic Credit Academic credit is available.  3 Master's Credits Housing/Accommodation • Dormitory No noisy city setting here. The University’s ten-acre Eugene Constantin Campus rests in the beautiful foothills just off the Via Appia southeast of Rome, where ancient Rome got its start and where Romans and popes take their summer rest. . Take a walk in the kiwi grove, kick around a soccer ball, eat fresh Italian food in our mensa, take a dip in the pool, work out in the exercise room, or just sit in the pergola above the working vineyard. You’ll find it come paradiso—like paradise—on the grounds of this beautiful former villa. Program Costs Estimated costs: $3450 (price not finalized) Costs Include:  The price includes all land travel, tuition (or non-credit course fee), and entrance fees. We will have several room arrangement options available as well. We are making arrangements for an optional group flight. Dates July 6-18 Contact University of Dallas Rome and Summer Programs Office 1845 E Northgate Dr Irving, TX 75062-4736 Tel: 9727215181 Fax: 9727215283 Email Send Email Web Visit Website
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