MLAN 2610
 ITAL 3610

Italian Literature in Translation


Prof. Fabio Girelli-Carasi

LECTURE 8 --  Meeting in BOYLAN 3139

0. Lecture 0   Aug 28
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Lecture 1  Sept 4
2.  Lecture 2   Sept 5 
3.  Lecture 3  Sept 9

4.  Lecture 4  Sept 11

5.  Lecture 5  Sept 16
6. Lecture 6   Sept 18
7. Lecture 7   Sept 23

 

 

Philosophical, Poetic and Mystical Knowledge

GNOSIS

The Search beyond the Boundaries of the Physical World

The Earth in the Middle Ages

The Psalter World Map (pictured), drawn in the 13th century, represents remote and hostile environments inhabited by monsters. On the map, Christ is watching over the Earth, which is depicted by a circle with ocean around it. Asia is at the top, Europe on the lower left, Africa next to it and Jerusalem at the centre.

The Universe according to Dante and

Christian Theology

 

UPSIDE DOWN IMAGE OF THE INFERNO
(in the picture above, Jerusalem is represented at the top of Earth)