Online Seminar Series: Ocean and Underworld
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Date & Time
Sat, May 15 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Address (map)
Online
Online Seminar Series
Ocean and Underworld –
Purgatorio by Dante – Part One
Saturday, May 15, 2021
What mysteries are hidden underwater and deep in the underworld? Will one who explores these realms discover ancestors, gods, monsters,… or even oneself? This series will consider the ocean and the underworld as depicted in these classic literary texts.
May 15 reading:
Dante, Purgatorio – Cantos 1-16
Future Readings in the Series:
Cervantes, Don Quixote – The Cave of Montesinos
Shakespeare, The Tempest
Melville, Moby Dick (selections)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland
Schedule:
1:00-3:00PM PDT
Tutor:
Elizabeth Reyes
Location:
Online. Register to receive the link.