IT 351 - Italian Women Writers of the Renaissance

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: One IT 200-level course or written permission of the instructor. A study of Italian Renaissance women who wrote, their writings, and the social context in which they wrote. Includes lyric poetry, letters, short stories, and longer prose pieces of different literary genres together with canonical examples of similar writings. Vittoria Colonna and Moderata Fonte are examples of authors read. Taught in Italian, readings in Italian. May be offered in Rome. IG/IM