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An Introduction to Dante’s Divine Comedy with Joseph Pearce
Recorded course taught by Joseph Pearce for High School Medieval Literature
Summary

Learn about Dante’s trilogy masterpiece in this 6-week overview course with selections in reading -- and immediately follow the six weeks with Kevin O’Brien’s Dante course, to complete your full semester in literature as you grow your cultural literacy (and gain British Literature credit).

Instructor Access (Optional grading support) is available for this course. Please note: this is ONLY recommended if you wish to write the optional paper. All quizzes are internally graded in this course. Optional papers will be completed via this page (click here) for an Instructor Access fee of $75.

Instructor: Joseph Pearce

Course Description: Students will be introduced to Dante’s literary masterpiece through a selective reading of cantos from each of the three books of the Comedy (Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise), focusing on the moral theology that informs the work.

Total classes

6

Duration

55 Minutes

Prerequisites

The ability to read and enjoy Dante’s Divine Comedy

Suggested grade level

9th to 12th Grade

Suggested credit

½ semester of Medieval Literature or Literature

Outline

Course Outline:

  • Week 1: Introducing Dante & The Divine Comedy; Inferno, Cantos 1, 3, 5,

  • Week 2: Inferno, Cantos 23, 25, 34

  • Week 3: Purgatory, Cantos 1, 3, 9, 11

  • Week 4: Purgatory, Cantos 28, 29, 30, 33

  • Week 5: Paradise, Cantos 10, 11, 12, 13, 19

  • Week 6: Paradise, Cantos 24, 26, 31, 33

Materials

We will read selections from Dorothy L. Sayers’ translations. Professor Pearce will refer to her notes and commentaries, so students must purchase or borrow these specific editions:

Homework

The homework for each class will include the reading assignment for the week (approximately 1 hour) and then reviewing for, and taking, the weekly quiz (approximately 1 hour).

Course name
An Introduction to Dante’s Divine Comedy with Joseph Pearce
Instructor
Joseph Pearce
Semester
Recorded
Category
Literature ➤ Medieval Literature
Grade levels
High School
Start time
September 9th, 2020 at 12:00 AM ET
Course type
Recorded, free with subscription
Relative due dates
Relative due dates are disabled for this course.
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Enhanced assignment security

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About Joseph Pearce

A native of England, Joseph Pearce is the internationally acclaimed author of many books, which include bestsellers such as The Quest for Shakespeare, Tolkien: Man and Myth, The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde, C. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church, Literary Converts, Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile and Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc.

His books have been published and translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Croatian and Polish. He has hosted two 13-part television series about Shakespeare on EWTN, and has also written and presented documentaries on EWTN on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. His verse drama, Death Comes for the War Poets, was performed off-Broadway to critical acclaim. He has participated and lectured at a wide variety of international and literary events at major colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Europe, Africa and South America.

He is Visiting Professor of Literature at Ave Maria University and a Visiting Fellow of Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (Merrimack, New Hampshire). He is editor of the St. Austin Review (https://staustinreview.org/), series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions (www.ignatiuscriticaleditions.com), senior instructor with Homeschool Connections, and senior contributor at the Imaginative Conservative and Crisis Magazine.

His personal website is http://www.jpearce.co.  

Testimonies from students:

“I appreciated and enjoyed the class, I understood the teacher even with his accent.”

“I LOVE Mr. Pearce's British accent! I also greatly appreciated the email response that was given when I asked a question.”

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