AJ26071 John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and the British Civil War

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2017
Rozsah
0/2/0. 2 kr. (plus 3 za zk). Doporučované ukončení: zk. Jiná možná ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Út 19:10–20:45 G32
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Cíle předmětu
The course will consider Milton's 'Paradise Lost' in the context of a concurrent study of the British Civil Wars of the relevant period preceding its publication. Students will be expected to analyse the text and to relate it not only to Milton's poetic and theological or philosophical concerns but also to the politics of the relevant period. Students who complete the course for full credit will also have completed an eight to ten page essay consideringg relevant aspects of the poem and/or its pertinent contextual surround, that is to say the the civil wars and subsequent political developments of the period and the issues contributing to their occurrence, or, should they wish to write a cultural studies oriented essay,aspects of the cultural issues pertinent to the politics of the civil wars. In either case a student completing the the course will have gained knowledge and understanding of the period in question and elements of the poetics of pertaining to it, to a level deemed adequate at this level of study.
Osnova
  • Week 1 Feb. 21stIntroductory: L'Allegro; Il Penseroso; Lycidas, Week 2 Feb. 28th: Milton:Paradise Lost: Book One; Hunt: Ch.1-3 Week 3 March 7th: " " " " Two; Hunt: Ch 4-6. Week 4 March 14th: " " " " Three;Hunt: Ch 7-9 Week 5 March 2st: " " " " Four; Hunt: Ch.9-11 Week 6 March 28th:" " " " Five; Brailsford Ch.6&7. Week 7 April 4th: " " " " Six; G.Robertson: Introduction etc. Week 8 April 11th: " " " " Seven;G.Hill: Part VI; Paglia Week 9 April 18: READING WEEK : NO LESSON Week 10 April 25th:" " " " Eight& Nine;D.Norbrook: extracts Week 11 May 2nd:" " " " Ten; Lucan: Civil War: Books I & 7 Week 12 May 9th: " " " " Eleven; W.Empson: Satan Week 13 May 16th: " " " " Twelve; W.Empson: Eve
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • MILTON, John. Paradise Lost. Edited by Philip Brockbank - C. A. Patrides. London: Macmillan Education, 1986, 230 s. ISBN 0333007883. info
    doporučená literatura
  • Geoffrey Robertson presents The Levellers (The Putney Debates) London: Verso 2007
  • Christopher Hill, Milton and the English Revolution London , Faber and Faber, 1979
  • William Empson, Milton's God, Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press (1961/1978)
  • Lucan Civil War (transl Susan H Braund) Oxford: Oxford University Press 2008
  • MILTON, John. The works of John Milton :with an introduction and bibliography. Ware: Wordsworth Editions, 1994, ix, 486 s. ISBN 1-85326-410-5. info
    neurčeno
  • tristram Hunt The English Civil War at First Hand London: Penguin 2011
  • David Norbrook Writing the English Republic Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000
  • Paglia, Camille Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism New York, Pantheon Books, 2017
Výukové metody
The course will be taught through a close reading of the poem and consideration of other relevant material by means of small group and class discussion.
Metody hodnocení
The course will be assessed by a combination of attendance/class contribution (40%) and an essay of 8-12 pages (60%).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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