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By exploring texts and topics in Italian literature and culture from the Middle Ages to modernity, this course will address the themes of suffering and triumph as they are expressed through several great authors, many of whom were fundamental to the development of the Western European tradition. These authors will include Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Ariosto, Tasso, Foscolo, Leopardi, and Manzoni. The course will also explore the relationship between these works and other forms of culture, such as painting and music. The course is taught in English with special sessions in Italian for Italian majors and minors, so as to count towards the Italian Major/Minor requirements.