INTD1059A-W11
Tolkien's Middle-Earth
Exploring Tolkien's Middle-Earth
In a long letter to his publisher describing his Middle-earth writings, J.R.R.Tolkien once wrote, “I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fair-story—the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backclothes.” In this course we will explore how Tolkien achieved this, looking at the ideas and relationships running between his romantic fairy-story (The Hobbit), his heroic romance (The Lord of the Rings), and his cosmogonic myth (The Silmarillion).
In a long letter to his publisher describing his Middle-earth writings, J.R.R.Tolkien once wrote, “I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fair-story—the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backclothes.” In this course we will explore how Tolkien achieved this, looking at the ideas and relationships running between his romantic fairy-story (The Hobbit), his heroic romance (The Lord of the Rings), and his cosmogonic myth (The Silmarillion).
- Term:
- Winter 2011
- Location:
- McCardell Bicentennial Hall 438(MBH 438)
- Schedule:
- 10:30am-12:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jan 3, 2011 to Jan 28, 2011)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Matthew Dickerson
- Subject:
- Interdepartmental
- Department:
- Interdepartmental
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- LIT WTR
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 11250
- Subject Code:
- INTD
- Course Number:
- 1059
- Section Identifier:
- A