Raffaele De Benedictis
Associate Professor of Italian
313/577-6258
313/577-6243 (fax)
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 is the Director of Wayne in Abruzzo, the Summer Educational Program in Italy. He teaches courses on Dante, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Italian Culture, and Literary Criticism. He is the author of two 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
Fall Term 2023 (future)
- ITA6620 - Dante's Comedy II: Purgatory and Paradise
- ITA3500 - Dante in Translation: The Divine Comedy
- ITA2710 - Italy and Italians I
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
Winter Term 2023 (current)
Fall Term 2022
- ITA6610 - Dante's Comedy I: Inferno
- ITA3500 - Dante in Translation: The Divine Comedy
- ITA2710 - Italy and Italians I
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
Winter Term 2022
- ITA6680 - Love, Politics and the Art of Elegance
- ITA2720 - Italy and Italians II
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters