2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
ENGL32163 Milton
20 creditsClass Size: 10
School of English
Module manager: Professor Paul Hammond
Email: p.f.hammond@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2018/19
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
To enable students to study in detail the principal works of John MiltonLearning outcomes
A detailed understanding of Milton’s poetry and prose, and an appreciation of its cultrual and political contexts.
Skills outcomes
Skills for effective communication, oral and written.
Capacity to analyse and critically examine diverse forms of discourse.
Ability to acquire quantities of complex information of diverse kinds in a structured and systematic way.
Capacity for independent thought and judgement.
Critical reasoning.
Research skills, including information retrieval skills, the organisation of material, and the evaluation of its importance.
IT skills.
Time management and organisational skills.
Independent learning.
Syllabus
John Milton (1608-1674) is a towering figure in English poetry, and his epic poem Paradise Lost is incomparably the greatest and most influential poem in the language. This module provides an opportunity to study in detail not only Paradise Lost but also his early masterpieces including 'Lycidas' and Comus and his late drama Samson Agonistes. We shall also read some of his prose writings, including his polemics defending the execution of Charles I, his writings advocating divorce, and his celebrated attack on pre-publication censorship, Areopagitica.
Supplementary lectures will guide students through some of the principal ideas of Paradise Lost, and locate Milton's work within the context of the political and religious debates of the Civil War and Restoration.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lectures | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Private study hours | 185.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 15.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
Teaching will be through weekly seminars (10 x 1 hour) plus up to five additional hours, which will be used for supplementary lectures.Private Study: Preparatory reading for seminars, exploratory critical and contextual reading, and the planning of the unassessed and assessed writing.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Contribution to Seminars- Feedback on unassessed work
- Individual meetings to give advice on the preparation of the assessed essay.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 4000 words including quotations and footnotes | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
In addition, a 500 word piece of unassessed work will be required which will take the form of a book review. This does not form part of the assessment for this module, but is a requirement and MUST be submitted. Students who fail to submit the unassessed essay will be awarded a maximum mark of 40 for the module (a bare Pass).
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 30/04/2018
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