Raffaele De Benedictis (ad7858)
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
415 Manoogian Hall
906 West Warren
Detroit, MI 48201
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.
- Dante
- Semiotics
- Literary criticism
- Italian culture
Irvin D. Reid Honors College
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 of various articles on Dante, semiotics, and Italian culture. His research focuses primarily on Dante.
415 Manoogian Hall
Classical/Modern Lang/Culture
Courses taught by Raffaele De Benedictis
Winter Term 2025 (current)
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
- ITA2720 - Italy and Italians II
- ITA6680 - Love, Politics and the Art of Elegance
Fall Term 2024
- HON4200 - Seminar in Philosophy and Letters
- ITA2710 - Italy and Italians I
- ITA3500 - Dante in Translation: The Divine Comedy
- ITA6610 - Dante's Comedy I: Inferno
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