Raffaele De Benedictis
Professor of Italian
313-577-6258
313-577-6243 (fax)
415 Manoogian Hall
906 West Warren
Detroit, MI 48201
Department
Raffaele De Benedictis
Raffaele De Benedictis holds a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Toronto and is 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 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, 1988
Courses taught by Raffaele De Benedictis
Winter Term 2025 (future)
- ITA2720 - Italy and Italians II
- ITA6680 - Love, Politics and the Art of Elegance
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
Fall Term 2024 (current)
- 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 2024
- ITA2720 - Italy and Italians II
- ITA6680 - Love, Politics and the Art of Elegance
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
Fall Term 2023
- ITA1010 - Beginning Italian I
- ITA3500 - Dante in Translation: The Divine Comedy
- ITA6620 - Dante's Comedy II: Purgatory and Paradise
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
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