2023 Fall
ITALIAN 215 001 - SEM 001
Formerly 217
Seminar in Renaissance Literature and Culture
Shards of the Self: Petrarch and Petrarchism
Akash Kumar
Class #:32368
Units: 2to4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Italian Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
10
Enrolled: 5
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 15
Waitlist Max: 3
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 to 9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.
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Course Catalog Description
Investigation of major topics, genres, and authors in Italian literature and culture of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Class Description
This course will consist of a full reading of Francesco Petrarca’s groundbreaking 14th-century collection of poetry, Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, interspersed throughout with explorations of the global phenomenon of Petrarchism. We will carefully interrogate the primary text, forming a critical apparatus that balances contemporary Petrarch scholarship, broader attention to medieval and Renaissance lyric, and issues of intertextuality, medievalism, and subversive reception that emerge in our global Petrarchists. We will focus especially on issues of gender and cross-cultural interaction, refining our critical approach to Petrarch by means of what we find in successors such as Gaspara Stampa, Sor Juana, and Wanda Coleman.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions
Students taking this course for 2 units do not write a final paper and may enroll in the course on a <satisfactory/unsatisfactory> basis.
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None