Ithaca College

Julia Cozzarelli, Professor of Italian Studies, has had an article published in the peer-reviewed journal, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching.

Professor Cozzarelli's article, "Teaching Ugolino's Choice in the Undergraduate Classroom: A Multidisciplinary Approach," focuses on Canto XXXIII of Dante's Inferno (the first part of The Divine Comedy), and, in particular, on the infamous character and historical figure, Count Ugolino of Pisa.  Through this controversial canto, Dante relates the tragic story of Ugolino's demise and immortalizes his gruesome eternal embrace with Archbishop Ruggieri, the man who condemned him to death by starvation.  The article discusses these condemned souls, locked together in the frozen waters of Dante's Hell, as part of a larger approach to teaching the Divine Comedy, and as a means to enhance critical thinking skills in undergraduate courses.

"Teaching Ugolino's Choice in the Undergraduate Classroom: A Multidisciplinary Approach." Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching (SMART), 25.1 (Spring 2018): 157-170