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MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
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
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community
“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
“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?”
“…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…”
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.”
“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
THANKS!



  GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

dante.georgetown.edu

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MyDante and Ellipsis: Defining the User’s Role in a Virtual Reading Community

  • 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