Undergraduate Course: Milton and the Politics of Paradise (ENLI10131)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | The course will begin with Milton's early pastoral poetry and trace the shifts in the politics and imagery of pastoral after the failure of the English revolution. The course will have a formal focus on pastoral and a conceptual focus on the question of pleasure. It will assess the force of Milton's legacy by following through this key question: if nature is itself divine, why has paradise not arrived? The course will conclude with a reflection on the emergence of the novel as a new vehicle for the expression of the relation between pleasure and paradise. |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students successfully completing the course will be equipped to recognise the English revolution as presenting both a political and an aesthetic problem. Exploring the historical concerns of Puritanism, they will address the question of how pleasure might be re-defined both politically and poetically: pleasure must be seen as more than mere sensuality. The course will develop the students' knowledge of the literature of the period in question, with specific regard to a number of major genres and intellectual issues. The course will enhance students' ability to read historically, critically and culturally, and to engage with an area of specialist research not otherwise available to students at Edinburgh. |
Assessment Information
1 essay of 2,500 words (25%); 1 examination paper of 2 hours(75%) |
Special Arrangements
Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving English or Scottish literature need the written approval of the head of English Literature |
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Claire Colebrook
Tel: (0131 6)50 4290
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Course secretary | Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
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