Week of May 11

Monday 5/11

QUIZ: Purgatorio cantos 1-5, secondary readings, medieval world view and art (Cloisters trip).  Discussion of quiz topics.

HW: Read and annotate Purgatorio cantos 7-9 (due Friday).

Tuesday 5/12

Discuss Purgatorio cantos 7-9. Sordello, The Valley of the Rulers.

HW: Read and annotate Purgatorio cantos 10-13.

Wed 5/13

NO CLASS

Thursday 5/14

Discuss Purgatorio cantos 9-12. The first dream (allegory), the entrance to Purgatory, process of penance.

HW: Read and annotate Purgatorio cantos 17-19.

Friday 5/15

Discuss Purgatorio cantos 17-19.  The process of penance vs. structure of the poem.

Read and annotate Purgatorio cantos 21-23.