Literary Criticism on Dante’s Inferno WHISL- Bell Due Thurs 1/6

1. Go to one of the following websites (three listed below) and look around for an article/essay on
any aspect of Dante’s Inferno. Read the entire article.
2. Type out the bibliography information in MLA format (below) then type the thesis (main
argument) of the article/essay.
3. Record the major points (you can use a bulleted list for this).
4. Finally, type a short paragraph analyzing/evaluating the piece. Do you agree with the author?
Did they have valid points or was it a stretch? What did you learn? Did they prove their thesis?

MLA bibliography format example:

“Title of Article/Essay.” Name of Website. Date posted or last updated. Sponsor of website. Date

accessed <web address>.

The ORB: online reference book for Medieval studies –

www.the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/lit/italian/da_onpu.htm

Digital Dante –

http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/new/ Click on Library, click on either scholars’ works or students’ works

Princeton Dante Project -
http://etcweb.princeton.edu/dante/pdp/ Read one of the first three articles under lectures

Literary Criticism on Dante’s Inferno WHISL- Bell Due Thurs 1/6

1. Go to one of the following websites (three listed below) and look around for an article/essay on
any aspect of Dante’s Inferno. Read the entire article.
2. Type out the bibliography information in MLA format (below) then type the thesis (main
argument) of the article/essay.
3. Record the major points (you can use a bulleted list for this).
4. Finally, type a short paragraph analyzing/evaluating the piece. Do you agree with the author?
Did they have valid points or was it a stretch? What did you learn? Did they prove their thesis?

MLA bibliography format example:

“Title of Article/Essay.” Name of Website. Date posted or last updated. Sponsor of website. Date

accessed <web address>.

The ORB: online reference book for Medieval studies –

www.the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/lit/italian/da_onpu.htm

Digital Dante –

http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/new/ Click on Library, click on either scholars’ works or students’ works

Princeton Dante Project -
http://etcweb.princeton.edu/dante/pdp/ Read one of the first three articles under lectures