Course -   Dante in Translation This Yale College course, taught on campus twice per week for 75 minutes, was recorded for Open Yale Courses in Fall 2008. Number - LANG.2010.2 Field - Description - The course is an introduction to Dante and his cultural milieu through a critical reading of the Divine Comedy and selected minor works (Vita nuova, Convivio, De vulgari eloquentia, Epistle to Cangrande). An analysis of Dante's autobiography, the Vita nuova, establishes the poetic and political circumstances of the Comedy's composition. Readings of Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise seek to situate Dante's work within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, with special attention paid to political, philosophical and theological concerns. Topics in the Divine Comedy explored over the course of the semester include the relationship between ethics and aesthetics; love and knowledge; and exile and history. more >>       Format - Online stream Video low and high bandwidth, Close Captions or Audio, MP3,   Audio, MP3, Video, low and high bandwidth, Close Captions, HTML course pages, all for download       URL     http://oyc.yale.edu/italian-language-and-literature/dante-in-translation/content/class-sessions   Professor(s) - Giuseppe Mazzotta   Tuition - FREE Upon Completion - Optional: Certificate: Certificate of Completion from Cosmopolitan-University  Testing -- Language (if not English)

 

 

Course - Quick Vietnamese for Seven Days in Country Number - LANG.VIET,0001 Field - Description - Quick Vietnamese for Tourists is a series of short conversations for tourists that should be useful in getting around Vietnam and talking to the Vietnamese. The conversations are organized as if you were to spend a week in Vietnam, with a total of seven lessons dealing with seven topics that would involve a typical tourist.     Format - Includes audio for pronounciation URL     http://www.seasite.niu.edu/vietnamese/VNTravel/7days_introduction.htm   Professor(s) -   Tuition - FREE Upon Completion - Optional: Certificate: Certificate of Completion from Cosmopolitan-University  Testing -- Selftesting Language (if not English)