"Lec 11 - Purgatory X, XI, XII, XVI, XVII" Dante in Translation (ITAL 310) In this lecture, Professor Mazzotta moves from the terrace of pride (Purgatory X-XII) to the terrace of wrath (Purgatory XVI-XVII). The relationship between art and pride, introduced in the previous lecture in the context of Canto X, is pursued along theological lines in the cantos immediately following. The "ludic theology" Dante embraces in these cantos resurfaces on the terrace of wrath, where Marco Lombardo's speech on the traditional problem of divine foreknowledge and human freedom highlights the playfulness of God's creation. The motifs of human and divine creation explored thus far are shown to converge at the numerical center of the poem (Purgatory XVII) in Dante's apostrophe to the imagination. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Cantos X, XI and XII: Virtues and Vices 06:51 - Chapter 2. Aesthetic Education 15:44 - Chapter 3. Canto XI: Reversal of Perspective 21:54 - Chapter 4. Canto XII: Punished Pride 28:11 - Chapter 5. Canto XVI: Marco Lombardo: Political and Legal Arguments 40:09 - Chapter 6. Canto XVII: Visions of Anger; Approaching the Center 51:25 - Chapter 7. 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 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