Raffaele De Benedictis (ad7858)

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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department:

Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Title: Professor of Italian

Phone: 313-577-6258

Fax: 313-577-6243

Email: rdebenedictis@wayne.edu

Office:

415 Manoogian Hall
906 West Warren
Detroit, MI 48201

 

Biography:

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 – Degrees, Licenses, Certifications: Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1996 M.A., Wayne State University, 1990 B.A., University of Windsor, 1988

Irvin D. Reid Honors College

Title: Professor of Italian

Biography:

 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. 

Office:

 415 Manoogian Hall

Email: rdebenedictis@wayne.edu

Last semester taught: Fall 2023

Department:

 Classical/Modern Lang/Culture

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

• ITA1010 - Beginning Italian I
• ITA2720 - Italy and Italians II

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

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