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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English Literature

Undergraduate Course: Milton and the Politics of Paradise (ENLI10131)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( English Literature 1 (ENLI08001) OR Scottish Literature 1 (ENLI08016)) AND ( English Literature 2 (ENLI08003) OR Scottish Literature 2 (ENLI08004) OR American Literature 2 (ENLI08006))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Essential course texts
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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 Class Delivery Information 1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s).
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Claire Colebrook
Tel: (0131 6)50 4290
Email: Claire.Colebrook@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk
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