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Introduction

Introduction C l u s t e r o n M u l t i d i s c i p l i n a r y A p p r o ac h e s t o Te ac h i n g D a n t e ’s C o mm e d i a Kirilka Stavreva, guest editor Christopher Kleinhenz Almost thirty years ago, the Modern Language Association published the second volume in its Approaches to Teaching Masterpieces of World Li-t erature series, edited by Carole Slade and dedicated to various pedagogical strategies employed in teaching Dante’s Divine Comedy (Slade 1982). Over the years, books and articles have appeared relating to this general topic, count- less conference sessions have explored the terrain, and numerous websites devoted to the study of Dante have made their mark in cyberspace (see For Further Reading section). Courses on the Florentine poet abound in colleges and universities and even in high schools all across North America. In some forty years of teaching Italian language and literature classes at the University of Wisconsin– Madison, I had the opportunity to teach the Comedy in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses and seminars, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pedagogy Duke University Press

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1531-4200
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C l u s t e r o n M u l t i d i s c i p l i n a r y A p p r o ac h e s t o Te ac h i n g D a n t e ’s C o mm e d i a Kirilka Stavreva, guest editor Christopher Kleinhenz Almost thirty years ago, the Modern Language Association published the second volume in its Approaches to Teaching Masterpieces of World Li-t erature series, edited by Carole Slade and dedicated to various pedagogical strategies employed in teaching Dante’s Divine Comedy (Slade 1982). Over the years, books and articles have appeared relating to this general topic, count- less conference sessions have explored the terrain, and numerous websites devoted to the study of Dante have made their mark in cyberspace (see For Further Reading section). Courses on the Florentine poet abound in colleges and universities and even in high schools all across North America. In some forty years of teaching Italian language and literature classes at the University of Wisconsin– Madison, I had the opportunity to teach the Comedy in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses and seminars,

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PedagogyDuke University Press

Published: Jan 1, 2013

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