Università Roma Tre

Dante from Vita Nova to Paradise. The course is dedicated to Dante's poetry and the development of his style. The first part includes reading, contextualization and commentary of Vita nova and part of the Rime. The second part will be occupied by the complete reading with commentary of Paradise. In addition to in-depth studies on Dante's literary language, the main hermeneutical junctions of the third canticle will be examined, also in relation to Dante's self-exegesis expressed in the Epistle to Cangrande. The course includes lectures dedicated to the reading and commentary of the proposed works, with critical insights. The final part of the course will be dedicated to the creation of critical and didactic paths on the basis of the two works considered.
The course includes frontal teaching dedicated to reading and commenting on the works considered, with critical insights. The final part of the course will be dedicated to the creation of critical and educational paths based on the two works considered.

Texts:
Dante Alighieri, Vita nova, introduzione, revisione del testo e commento di Stefano Carrai, Milano, Rizzoli, 2009.
Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, a cura di G. Inglese, Roma, Carocci, 2016.
Dante Alighieri, Epistola a Cangrande, a cura di L. Azzetta, Roma-Padova, Antenore, 2024.
Bibliography:
Stefano Carrai, Il primo libro di Dante. Un'idea della "Vita Nova", Pisa, Edizioni della Normale, 2020.
Roberto Rea, Dante: guida alla Vita nuova, Roma, Carocci, 2021.
Luca Marcozzi, Dante e la povertà, Roma, Carocci, 2024.
One volume to be chosen among the two of the Lectura Dantis Romana, Cento canti per cento anni, III. Paradiso, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2014 (1. Canti I-XVII, or 2. Canti XVIII-XXXIII).
Non-attending students will add: Roberto Antonelli, Dante poeta-giudice del mondo terreno, Roma, Viella, 2021..
Any further bibliography will be indicated on the Teams channel of the course