Hope at the Gates of Hell: Teaching Dante's Inferno Behind Bars

Abstract

My study presents the results of my experience teaching Dante’s Divine Comedy in maximum security prisons in Italy, Indonesia and the United States with a focus on how collaborations between traditional university students and incarcerated students can lead to deeper intercultural understanding by viewing literature as a catalyst for viewing the world through each other’s eyes.

Presenters

Ron Jenkins
Professor/Visiting Professor, Theater/Institute of Sacred Music, Wesleyan University/Yale Divinity School, New York, United States

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Learner Diversity and Identities

KEYWORDS

Prison, Literature, Community Engagement, Arts