"Lec 9 - Purgatory I, II" Dante in Translation (ITAL 310) In this lecture, Professor Mazzotta introduces Purgatory and proceeds with a close reading of Cantos I and II. The topography of Mount Purgatory is described, and the moral system it structures is contrasted with that of Hell. Dante's paradoxical choice of Cato, a pagan suicide, as guardian to the entrance of Purgatory ushers in a discussion of freedom from the standpoint of classical antiquity, on the one hand, and Judaism, on the other. In his refusal to be enslaved by the past, both on earth and in the afterlife, Cato is seen to embody the virtues of exile, setting an example for the penitent souls of Ante-purgatory (Purgatory II), including the pilgrim, who still clings to the comforts of the past. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Purgatory as an Idea and as a Poetic Construction 07:34 - Chapter 2. Canto I: A New Departure 16:35 - Chapter 3. The Muses: Tonality and Orientation 23:27 - Chapter 4. Cato 30:14 - Chapter 5. Suicide; Purgatory as the Domain of Freedom 40:42 - Chapter 6. Canto II: Purgatory as the Antipodes of Jerusalem: Exodus 49:46 - Chapter 7. Internalizing the Narrative; The Exilic Condition; Casella 01:00:29 - Chapter 8. Question and Answer Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2008.
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Lec 1 - Introduction - Dante in Translation
Lec 3 - Inferno I, II, III, IV
Lec 5 - Inferno XII, XIII, XV, XVI
Lec 6 - Inferno XIX, XXI, XXV, XXVI
Lec 7 - Inferno XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII
Lec 8 - Inferno XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV
Lec 10 - Purgatory V, VI, IX, X
Lec 11 - Purgatory X, XI, XII, XVI, XVII
Lec 12 - Purgatory XIX, XXI, XXII
Lec 13 - Purgatory XXIV, XXV, XXVI
Lec 14 - Purgatory XXX, XXXI, XXXIII
Lec 18 - Paradise XV, XVI, XVII
Lec 19 - Paradise XVIII, XIX, XXI, XXII
Lec 20 - Paradise XXIV, XXV, XXVI
Lec 21 - Paradise XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX