ITAL 310: Dante in Translation
Lecture 12 - Purgatory X, XI, XII, XVI, XVII. 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. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 12 - Purgatory X, XI, XII, XVI, XVII |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Cantos X, XI and XII: Virtues and Vices |
| [00:06:51] | 2. Aesthetic Education |
| [00:15:44] | 3. Canto XI: Reversal of Perspective |
| [00:21:54] | 4. Canto XII: Punished Pride |
| [00:28:11] | 5. Canto XVI: Marco Lombardo: Political and Legal Arguments |
| [00:40:09] | 6. Canto XVII: Visions of Anger; Approaching the Center |
| [00:51:25] | 7. Question and Answer |
| References |
| Lecture 12 - Purgatory X, XI, XII, XVI, XVII Instructor: Professor Giuseppe Mazzotta. Lecture 12 - Texts [PDF]. Visual Resources - Lecture 12 [HTML]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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