WORLD LITERATURE
Friday, December 9, 2011
Powerpoint adapted from Ms. Macchiarella
ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE
Today’s Agenda
Warm-up
1. Warm-up
• What are traits or behaviors
of “good” people?
2. Organize levels of “good” and
levels of “bad”
3. Dante introduction
• What are traits or behaviors
of “bad” or “evil” people?
4. HOMEWORK: Remember to
bring literature books to next
class. Yes, this is an assignment
for you to have them with you at
the start of class.
• Examples: cheating,
helping others/practicing
charity
TODAY’S LEARNING TARGETS
1. To establish necessary background knowledge to understand
the big ideas of Dante’s Inferno
2. Why Dante’s Inferno? It is one of the most classic pieces of
literature.
3. Through our brief overview, you will work to recognize some
allusions, identify some symbolism, and apply the concepts of
the hero’s journey
SORTING ACTIVITY
• Take the ideas of “good” people or behavior and “bad”
people or behavior and consider levels of these by cutting
them apart and sorting
• Sort the good from good to best
• Sort the bad from bad to worst
• Discuss and share:
• What is your order and why?
• Should there be rewards for the good and punishment
for the bad? If so, how do you decide what the rewards
and punishments should be?
DANTE AND HIS WORLD
Dante (1265-1321)
Italian
Elected political official and poet
Exiled from Florence in 1302 when his political party was
overthrown after a street brawl turned in to civil war
• His Divine Comedy can be viewed as an allegory of his own
journey through life, but it also reflects his political and
social commentary, like George Orwell’s Animal Farm is.
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(He names people in his work, some from further in the past and some from
his own time, and not in a good way in The Inferno.)
• The World of Dante in visual display
BACKGROUND ON DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY
1. Finished in 1321
2. Written in Italian (the common language) and not Latin as
most writing of the time was. Why is this important?
• Dante read in Italian by Roberto Benigni
3. Why is it called a comedy when it isn’t funny at all?
4. Three parts: The Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
5. Musical summary of Dante's Divine Comedy
KEY TERMS TO UNDERSTAND
• Limbo
• purgatory
VISUALS TO ACCOMPANY THE TEXT
VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS
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Interactive Map 1
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Interactive Map 2
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Illustrations of Gustav Dore
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Paintings of Yates Thompson
The Forest, Illustration
by Gustav Dore
http://donaldsweblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/ohangst.html
http://www.vogliosapere.org/wpcontent/uploads/Dante-s-inferno.jpg
http://www.italnet.nd.edu/Dante/images/tp1568/15
68.inf1.wc.150dpi.jpeg
HOMEWORK
• Bring your literature textbook to
class.
• Set an alarm in your phone or
write it in your planner. Don’t
forget.