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Reading Milton: Subtleties and Anxieties in Paradise Lost
This is a close-reading course, taught in English - a joint class for BA and MA students of Translation Studies and the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, and for Erasmus students. It aims to illuminate Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost and show how innovative Milton is in his use of language and poetic form, as well as in his treatment of the simple Genesis story. We shall analyse selected passages and discuss the textual subtleties and anxieties that the text raises, particularly as they relate to Satan, the presentation of God, and Adam and Eve’s union and sexuality.