Raffaele De Benedictis
Associate Professor of Italian
313/577-6258
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415 Manoogian Hall
Raffaele De Benedictis
Raffaele De Benedictis holds a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Toronto and is Associate Professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. He teaches courses on Dante, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Italian Culture, and Literary Criticism. He is the author of three books and of various articles on Dante, semiotics, and Italian culture. His research focuses primarily on Dante.
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Dante, semiotics, literary criticism, Italian culture.
Education
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1996 - M.A., Wayne State University, 1990 - B.A., University of Windsor, 1988Courses taught by Raffaele De Benedictis
Winter Term 2024 (future)
- ITA2720 - Italy and Italians II
- ITA6680 - Love, Politics and the Art of Elegance
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
Fall Term 2023 (current)
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
- ITA1010 - Beginning Italian I
- ITA3500 - Dante in Translation: The Divine Comedy
- ITA6620 - Dante's Comedy II: Purgatory and Paradise
Winter Term 2023
Fall Term 2022
- ITA2710 - Italy and Italians I
- ITA3500 - Dante in Translation: The Divine Comedy
- ITA6610 - Dante's Comedy I: Inferno
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
Winter Term 2022
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
- ITA2720 - Italy and Italians II
- ITA6680 - Love, Politics and the Art of Elegance