| Unit name | Ariosto's Amorous Quests: The Orlando furioso |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ITAL30033 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Lombardi |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Italian |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1532) is the best known, the most sophisticated and the most entertaining of the romance epic poems produced in late 15th and in 16th century Italy. The Ferrarese poet has created a world of uninhibited imaginative power in which elaborately intertwined narratives of chivalry, love and magic are handled with irony, humour, parody and perhaps with a modicum of seriousness.
