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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Boccaccio’s Decameron: A Three-Part Course with Dr. Kristin Stasiowski
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Kristin Stasiowski, Ph.D. is the Assistant Dean of International Programs and Education Abroad for the College of Arts and Sciences and is also an Assistant Professor of Italian Language and Literature in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Kent State University. She received her Ph.D from Yale University in Italian Language and Literature and has taught Italian language, literature, cinema, history and culture in both the United States and Florence, Italy prior to arriving at Kent State. Her current research is on Italian author Clemente Rebora.
Not suitable for children under age 13 (sensitive content).
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
Both erudite and entertaining, this is both very informative and very enjoyable. Everything Dr. Stasiowski does is done with a huge amount of infectious enthusiasm and impeccable preparation and presentation.
Outstanding lecturer.
In the study of the richness of the text Dr Kristin Stasiowoski takes a non linear approach of thematic exploration placed within the context of the Renaissance. She makes links to the visual arts to align what Boccaccio was doing with text to add an understanding of the fundamental shift that took place at that time.
I have followed all of her Context lectures and they are all so deep and yet accessible and delivered in such a clear and very enjoyable manner.
Dont miss her tour de force conversations!
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With the first course of its 3 part series, I am already a big fan of Boccaccio’s Decameron and Dr Stasiowski delivers an all encompassing course, review and message of all the angles of the novel, intertwined in a fantastic wholeness.
Dr. Stasiowski's three-part class on Boccaccio was fabulous. She does a wonderful job of making the material very accessible.