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Nov 27, 2024
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ITLT 042 - (LT) Lie, Cheat, and Steal: Short Stories of DecameronSemester Hours: 3
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The course studies the vastly entertaining “human comedy” known as The Decameron and its place in the birth of the Italian short story tradition. With amusing tales populated by thieves, liars, adulterers, wily servants, scheming wives, princes, kings, pining lovers, con artists and fools, the class gauges The Decameron’s significance from a variety of perspectives: the social upheaval wrought by the 14th-century bubonic plague; the challenge to medieval stereotypes concerning gender, nobility, religion and sex; the prominent role played by women in the tales; the themes of love, fortune, and intelligence; Boccaccio’s art of storytelling and self-conscious narration; the rise of realism in early Renaissance Italian literature; and, perhaps, the suggestion of a formula for living well in troubled times. All works are read and discussed in English.
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