This course explores two of English literature’s grandest, longest, and most demanding poems, Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene and John Milton’s Paradise Lost. It investigates Spenser's and Milton's transformation of classical epic and medieval romance conventions in the context of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English culture, politics and religion. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): 3 credit units Note:Students with credit for ENG 325.6 or ENG 323.3 may not take this course for credit. Category 2 course.
This course explores two of English literature’s grandest, longest, and most demanding poems, Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene and John Milton’s Paradise Lost. It investigates Spenser's and Milton's transformation of classical epic and medieval romance conventions in the context of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English culture, politics and religion. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): 3 credit units Note:Students with credit for ENG 325.6 or ENG 323.3 may not take this course for credit. Category 2 course.