The Influence of political and social ideals of society on John Milton's Paradise Lost

The Influence of political and social ideals of society on John Milton’s Paradise Lost

write about anything on the list for the entire semester—look ahead, as well as behind.. You may add additional works to something on the reading list (for example, poems by Herbert in addition to the three we are reading, or Machivelli’s The Prince in addition to Elizabeth I’s Speeches.) A detailed, specific analysis of one text is preferred to a broader comparison of two or more.

Research required– A paper of 7-9 pages will be significantly under-researched with anything less than 5 sources (plus the primary source) in the paper. Source use should be natural and integrated, not tacked onto the paper.
The role of outside sources is to aid you to develop and prove your thesis. Research should not be greater than you own input and analysis of the literature. Research should be in peer-reviewed, in respected scholarly sources. All sources must be the highest academic quality, and the paper should include a healthy mix of appropriate sources and necessary research to support your claims.
A note on SOURCES:
WIKIPEDIA IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE SOURCE FOR THIS OR ANY OTHER COLLEGE CLASS. SIMILAR SOURCES ARE NOT APPROPRIATE EITHER—such as Sparksnotes or other websites. Students who use websites and online study guides as ‘sources’ WILL BE OPENLY FLOGGED IN THE STREETS AND BE FORCIBLY TATTOOED WITH A GIANT “S” for SLACKER ON THEIR FOREHEADS. And for plagiarists…there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth in the eternal fires of perdition…
What the paper is not: A work’s “relevance to today” is generally not a logical topic. It is not a summary of the work, a survey of research or a book report. It is not a comparison to another work, unless some claim of influence or other relevant thesis is being made.
It is not a biography of the author.
The biography of the author suitable only if it is pertinent to the thesis. Here are examples good and bad of the use of biography:
Good: Shakespeare’s relationship with the Young Man of the Sonnets provides a template for Cesario’s relationship with Orsino and Sebastian’s relationship with Antonio. (Here biography should be integrated as PART of the evidence of support)
Here is an example of inappropriate biographical use: In a paper on Shakespeare’s use of Feste’s songs as the thematic key to the play 12th Night, the writer gives five paragraphs of information such as “Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway and had three children, one of whom was named Hamnet.” Relevance to the thesis????
The paper IS an arguable position on the literature, supported by your persuasive analysis of the text and by the scholarship of others.

Thesis: Be specific. Thesis should be based upon a close reading of the text, and you MUST use quotations of and references to the work of literature to support your claims. Failure to quote the primary text will be an automatic F.
Thesis should be as original as possible Thesis should be about the work itself. It is all right to explore in depth an idea we exchanged in class, but I don’t want simply to hear myself repeated. The following would be an inappropriate thesis: “Astrophil and Stella uses the Ladder of Love,” however, this would be an interesting thesis: “Sidney uses Astrophil and Stella effectively to argue the inaccuracies of the Ladder of Love.” If you choose something we have discussed, be sure to add something more to the idea than just what we covered. Something of historical, cultural, or biographical importance can be used as a key to interpreting a work, but the point is to prove something about the work itself, not to prove something about history, etc. You may Add a work to one we are reading—for example, “Shakespeare’s fools in both Twelfth Night and As you Like it”

Structure: Introduction: Get into the subject. Don’t start too broadly. Your Intro should definitely name author, title and your specific approach to the work. Thesis should be as focused as possible. For example, don’t just tell the reader “Astrological Imagery is important in Henry IV, pt. 1” Instead, tell the reader in what way or why it is important: “In Henry IV, pt. 1, Shakespeare uses astrological imagery to define character and prove divine sanction of the future kingship of Hal, the Prince of Wales.” (See how the second thesis states specific ideas under the more general focus of the importance of “astrological imagery”?)
Each paragraph should have a topic sentence that states what will be proven in the paragraph. For the concluding sentences of paragraphs, it is often a good idea to relate the subject of the paragraph back to the whole thesis idea.
Critics (outside sources) should either support your thesis or be a jumping off point for you (you can disagree with critics). All quotes should be carefully integrated to avoid dropped or dumped quotes.

Don’t neglect the historical or psychological as an arena for supporting research. My critical approach is New Historicist/ Cultural Studies, with others thrown in.

 

For the desperate: Here are some broad, “get you thinking” concepts.
Honor in Sir Gawain, 12th Night, Rape of the Lock, Beggar’s Opera
Definitions of masculinity in Sir Gawain, 12th Night, or Lanval, Beggar’s Opera
Religious Imagery in Beowulf, Deam of the Rood, Canterbury Tales, Pilgrim’s Progress, others
Paradise Lost as Dramatic tragedy or Political Commentary
Medieval medical practice and theory in the Canterbury Tales
Navigation, Hunting, Garden images in Sonnet cycles
Fabric in Sir Gawain, Canterbury Tales, or Lanval;
Ecology in To Penshurst
Ideas of female chastity (and male response to it), Lanval, Sir Gawain, OR Oroonoko
Chaucer’s portraits of the church and their historical/ cultural significance
Crime and Punishment in Oroonoko, The Beggar’s Opera, OR The Rape of the Lock
Early Feminism in Buyan, Behn, or Elizabeth I and others
The Dream Vision—Dream of the Rood and Pilgrim’s Progress
Epic elements or Romance elements (a literary term—use a literary dictionary) in Oroonoko
Other races, species, themes of exclusion or “othering”: Grendel and Oroonoko; Beowulf and Paradise Lost
Pure and Profane: John Donne, or Astrophil and Stella
Heroines and Heroes—men’s or women’s social roles as seen in the texts
Politics in Beggar’s Opera; To Penshurst, -many more
Economic theory in To Penshurst or Beggar’s Opera or Canterbury tales
Music and the Beggar’s Opera or 12th Night
Art, design and artifact in Beowulf
Themes of the “diversions” or Norse Sagas and links to text in Beowulf
Myth and Epic: Beowulf or Sir Gawain and Tolkien or Lewis.
Communication/Rhetoric in Queen Elizabeth’s speeches
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