Week 1

This is the plan for our first class:

  • Introduction to Petrarch, the Canzoniere and the Secretum
  • Registration to the Commons
  • Overview course site, group, Selections from the Canzoniere
  • Our goals for this semester
  • Decide on date library class
  • “Sonnet 101”: sonnets, canzoni, sestine, ballate, metrics, and style
  • Reading of RVF 1