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With this one-book, year-long, once-a-week course, we will climb the mountain that is Dante's Divine Comedy, with its three parts, and take in a vision of the whole. We will follow as Dante the character descends to hell, climbs purgatory, and ascends into heaven. The ugly reality of sin and its effects, God's justice and mercy, God's providence, the redemption gained by Christ, these and so many issues of great importance will never be far from our view. True, The Divine Comedy is not an easy undertaking, but in a year it is a manageable and worthwhile one. We will use the Dorothy Sayers translation for its fidelity to the work's rhyme scheme and its abundant notes, pairing this with selections from Clive James's incredibly readable (and note-free) translation, to gain purchase on what can be a challenging and rewarding text.
This study also pairs well with Middle Ages History and Literature, which may be bundled for a discount.
Required Materials: Books and supplies are not included in the purchase of the course. These resources are listed to help inform your decision-making as you make course selections and build your course schedule. Please reach out to the instructor if you have any questions about materials.
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Andy Newman calls western Nebraska home, that borderland where Midwest and West shake hands. There he has taught literature, composition, history, journalism, and the humanities for more than twenty years at the high school and college levels. This is his fifth year at Scholé. Before teaching, he worked in daily print journalism.
His education is varied, having earned master’s degrees in history and English from the University of Wyoming and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, respectively. Most recently, he earned a MTh in Applied Orthodox Theology from the Antiochian House of Studies and a MA in Biblical Theology from John Paul the Great Catholic University. He will defend his dissertation early in 2027 for the PhD in Humanities from Faulkner University.
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