(Gori State Teaching University, Gori, Georgia)

Abstract: Along with Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare, John Milton is considered to be one of the founders of the English language as it is spoken around the world today. Students for whom English is not a native language often find some familiarity with the characters and plotlines of The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer and the plays of Shakespeare. Milton is another matter. Teachers of Milton need to make choices about which of Milton’s works to teach beyond Paradise Lost, and how to teach it. This study is based on experience of teaching Milton to graduate students in post-Soviet Georgia and offers an approach that might be used in other locations, as well.