Raffaele De Benedictis received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1996, with a dissertation on Dante: Musica e ordine nella Divina commedia. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Windsor in 1988, and his M.A. at Wayne State University in 1990. His research and teaching interests comprise Dante, Italian culture, and literary theory.
He is currently working on a book project which focuses on the semiotics of discourse in the Divine Comedy.
Recent Publications (articles in refereed journals) “De vulgari eloquentia: Dante’s Semiotic Workshop.” Italica 86.2 (2009): 189-211.
“Revisiting the Celestine Question in Inferno III: ‘Vidi e conobbi l’ombra di colui che fece per viltà il gran rifiuto.’” Medievalia 39 (2007):84-95.
“Italy, the Crossroads Between Religious Fundamentalism and Economic Despotism.” Forthcoming in Italica.
“Dante’s Epistola a Can Grande: Allegory, Discourse, and their Semiotic Implications.” Submitted to Quanderni D’italianistica.
“That History Which is Not in Umberto Eco’s Baudolino.” Forum Italicum 36.1 (2002):
“The Mafia, a Cultural Legacy.” International Association of Law EnforcementIntelligence Analysts 14.1 (2001): 32-53.
“Comedy, Tragedy, Humourin Life is Beautiful.” Soleil, (2001).
Books
Wordly Wise: The Semiotics of Discourse in Dante. Forthcoming.
Ordine e strutturamusicale nella Divina commedia. Firenze: European Press Academic Publishing, 2000.
Teaching ITA 2710/2720 Italian Culture and Civilization
