Jiang says he does not perceive poetry as culturally located but as universal, and he treats the Beijing Dante class with students from different countries and age groups as evidence for that universality.
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Beijing classroom
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"So, as—so, you can appreciate this is what's being taught at this time, right? We are just completely hopeless. We are beyond salvation. We..."
"So if Dante is only European, why is it that we have students from China who are really focused on Dante, who find inspiration..."
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The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...
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