ELIT518 LITERATURE IN THE 17TH CENTURY
| Course Code: | 8210518 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | English Literature |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. MARGARET JEANNE M. SÖNMEZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
To become absorbed in the cultural, intellectual and political debates of the 17th century through study of the most important literary texts of this turbulent period. Most important is to read, in complete form, the two 17th century texts that remain the foundational texts for all subsequent English literature: Milton's Paradise Lost, and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
Course Content
Representative works and genres are studied in the context of social and intellectual trends of the period. (Works to be selected from Milton, Donne, Marvell, Johnson, etc.)
Course Learning Outcomes
An appreciation and deeper understanding of not only this century's pivotal part in the historical and literary achievements of the place, but also to have survived immersion in texts that are often considered 'difficult' while at the same time 'sublime'. To achieve the enormous sense of achievement and pleasure that these works of art give to all those who take them thoughtfully and seriously.