Welcome to our newest advice column, where Italian Studies students from all levels and walks of life will provide you with some of their tried and true tips and tricks to learning and studying Italian! This week’s advice column will focus on me: Megan, an Italian Studies major at McGill University from a non-Italian background.
Nel canto XIII del suo Inferno, Dante parla delle anime che sono state trasformate in alberi. Si è fatto quest’idea dai racconti scritti da Ovidio. Lo stesso, nelle sue Metamorfosi, racconta molte storie in cui delle persone vengono trasformate: qualche volta in ricompensa ad una buon’azione, ed altre volte per punizione. Racconterò la metamorfosi che trovo la più intrigante: la storia di Mirra e Cinira.
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