Introductory class on Dante -- the poet is the one who goes to the underworld this time, not only the hero.\xa0 Sybil:Aeneas::Virgil:Dante.\xa0 Terza rima and the advent of rhyme.\xa0 Modernism: epic in a modern language that aims at the power and prestige of ancient epic.\xa0 The topography of hell.\xa0 Dante as science fiction writer.