Teaching the Plague in Times of Worry: A Critical Look at Early Modern Literature in the Covid-19 Classroom

The article discusses teaching early modern literature during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include the adaption to digital classes within higher education, the parallels of teaching the Black Death during the pandemic, and the author's course on Giovanni Boccaccio's "Decameron"...

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Main Author: Falcone, Alyssa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 2020
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Pages: 156-160
Further subjects:B HISTORY education in universities & colleges
B Pandemics
B online education
B VIRTUAL classrooms
B BLACK Death pandemic, 1348-1351
B DECAMERON (Book : Boccaccio)
B BETROTHED, The (Book : Manzoni)
B Covid-19 Pandemic
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Summary:The article discusses teaching early modern literature during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include the adaption to digital classes within higher education, the parallels of teaching the Black Death during the pandemic, and the author's course on Giovanni Boccaccio's "Decameron" and Alessandro Manzoni's "I promessi sposi."
ISSN:2326-0726
Contains:Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal