The course will study the poetry of chivalry in Italy between the fifteenth and sixteenth. Particular attention will be given to epic novels by Matteo Maria Boiardo (Orlando innamorato) and Ludovico Ariosto (Orlando furioso), then to the evolution in epic structure of Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata.



Required Text: /Tra romanzo cavalleresco e poema epico: Boiardo, Ariosto, Tasso/, a cura di Gino Tellini, Firenze, 2016 (materiale di lavoro che sarĂ  distribuito in PDF a tutti gli iscritti al corso).

Schedule
4:00pm-4:50pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jun 27, 2016 to Aug 5, 2016)
Location
Mills College (LS)
Instructors