Raffaele De Benedictis

Faculty Profile

Associate Professor
ad7858@wayne.edu

Phone

313/577-6258

Fax

313/577-6243

Office

 415 Manoogian Hall

Biography

 Raffaele De Benedictis holds a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Toronto and is Associate  Professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.  He teaches courses on Dante, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Italian Culture, and Literary Criticism. He is the author of three books and of various articles on Dante, semiotics, and Italian culture. His research focuses primarily on  Dante. 

Research Description

Dante, semiotics, literary criticism, Italian culture.

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