Stoll
Eng 328
Spring 2012
MILTON
TUE-THUR, 2:30-3:50
OLIN 328
Numbers in parentheses refer to the The Modern Library Milton. Readings from the xerox packet
are marked by (xp).
Course website:
http://home.sandiego.edu/~astoll/milton/index.htm
Thur Jan 26
Tue Jan 31
Introduction: Milton’s language
Sonnet 7 (143); Sonnet 12; Sonnet 16
Reason of Church Government, Bk 2 (835-44)
“To His Father” (220); Sonnet 19 (157); Sonnet 22; Sonnet 23;
A Brief Life of Milton (xp)
MILTONʼS CAREER
Thur Feb 2
PARADISE LOST
Tue Feb 7
Thur Feb 9
Book One
Book Two
paper due Monday noon
Tue Feb 14
Thur Feb 16
Book Three
Book Four
paper due Monday noon
Tue Feb 21
Thur Feb 23
Book Five
Book Six
paper due Monday noon
Tue Feb 28
Thur Mar 1
Book Seven
Book Eight
paper due Monday noon
SPRING BREAK
Tue Mar 13
Thur Mar 15
Book Nine
Book Ten
paper due Monday noon
Tue Mar 20
Thur Mar 22
Book Eleven
Book Twelve
paper due Fri noon
EARLY POETRY
“On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity” (18); “L’Allegro” (41);
“Il Penseroso” (46); Christopher Hill, “Milton’s Personality” (xp)
A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle (61), lines 1-330
A Masque, lines 331-end
“Lycidas” (99)
Tue Mar 27
Thur Mar 29
Tue Apr 3
Thur Apr 5
PROSE
Tue Apr 10
Thur Apr 12
Tue Apr 17
Thur Apr 19
Areopagitica (923)
from Of Reformation (805); Preface to Christian Doctrine (1140-4)
from The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1021)
The Ready and Easy Way (1111-36);
Christopher Hill, “Back to Egypt” (xp)
Tue Apr 24
Book One
Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13
Book Two & Three
Book Four
Judges 13-16 (xp)
PARADISE REGAINED
Thur Apr 26
Tue May 1
SAMSON AGONISTES
Lines 1 – 996
Lines 997- end
Workshop
Thur May 3
Tue May 8
Thur May 10
Final paper due: Thursday May 17, 11a.m., Founders 175
GRADING
There are 200 points for the semester, divided as follows:
Short papers x 4
100
Final paper
60
Participation x 2
40
Plagiarism: All work must be original. All ideas and quotations culled from other sources must
be acknowledged. For more details on plagiarism, see the Undergraduate Bulletin. Any student
caught will receive a failing grade for the semester.
Course goals: This course of study has several aims, including: getting to know the literature and
its contexts; exercising reading and interpretive skills; developing facility in literary discussion;
improving essay writing.
OFFICE HOURS
Monday
Office:
Phone
Email:
10:00 – 12:00, 1:00 – 4:00
Or by appointment
Founders 175
x-7535
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