Slides from presentation at the Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale conference in Florence, December 2009.

1. MyDante

2. dante.georgetown.edu

4. 3 LEVELS
First, the literal, narrative level of the story
of Dante
the Pilgrim's journey from the Dark Wood to
the
Final Vision.
Second, the ironic and metaphoric level
communicated by the artistic choices Dante
the Poet makes regarding characters,
episodes, images, and themes.
Third, the reflective level, contained in the

15. “Using MyDante was a holistic
learning experience. It added a
different dimension to the class that
there was so much you could
experience outside of it. It was like
having twice as much class time.”
- Lauren Funk, student

16. “The journals are a private space in which
to think about what we discuss in class
and what we read by Dante and relate it
to our own lives.”
•“Ulysses and the Sin of Deception”
•“Judgment and the Ego”
•“Who is Satan?”
•“How do we tackle Sexuality in Light of Today's Discussion”
•“Some thoughts on Sartre's "No Exit," perverse trinity
relationships,
•the infinitude of hell”
•“Do I Need a Beatrice to Love?”

17. “…I worry sometimes that I might be
making a mistake similar to Dante in line
77 by trying to fit all reality into a
particular worldview; either out of
ignorance or timidity.”
“Reading Canto XXX and Canto XXXI I
imagined myself like Dante, hiding his
shame with beard pointed dejectedly
towards the ground…”

18. Multimedia Project
“This process definitely helped me
reflect on the meaning of the poem in
my own life, as the images I chose
provided a visual bridge between
Dante and myself.”

19. “Due to MyDante, the course become
far more than a philosophy course. It
became an interactive journal, a
colloquium, a journey, and a cross-
disciplinary synthesis of
scholarship…. My experience with
MyDante is invaluable in continuing to
interpret the poem’s meaning and in
forming strategies for evaluating

20. THANKS!
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
dante.georgetown.edu