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John Milton's Paradise Lost
- Dozent/in
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Houswitschka
- Angaben
- Hauptseminar
2 SWS
Erweiterungsbereich
Zeit und Ort: Do 16:00 - 18:00, MG2/01.02; Einzeltermin am 19.5.2017 10:00 - 16:00, U11/00.25
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
- Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):
- freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY:
- Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies:
- Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
- Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
- Consolidation Module English and American Literature I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies:
- Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students:
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Inhalt
- In this seminar we read one of the most significant epics written in English literature and beyond, John Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667). Written in the tradition of Homer and Vergil, the puritan writer John Milton took on the entire tradition of Western epic literature writing a Christian epic. In his provocative and amazingly imaginative work, he tells the story of “man’s first disobedience” and wants to "justify the ways of God to men." He turns biblical characters into heroes, an attempt that works best with Satan. Does this make Paradise Lost a failure turning the whole Christian narrative upside down? Milton’s position in the literature of the restoration period speaks for itself. As a supporter of parliamentary, puritan rule under Cromwell, Milton was not a friend of the restoration of the monarchy under King Charles II. In spite of all this, he was acknowledged as a national poet. He influenced generations of writers all over Europe and was translated in many languages. Over the course of twelve books John Milton wrote an epic poem depicting the struggle between God and Satan taking place across hell, heaven, and earth.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Recommended text: The edition of Oxford World's Classics (2008) edited by Stephen Orgel.
We will also use the annotated online version at Dartmouth
https://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/pl/book_1/text.shtml
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 8
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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