Tolkien: MythopoeiaMiddleEarth&Mod (INDS 5121)

Term: Academic Year 2021-2022 Spring

Faculty

	Anthony GilbertShow MyInfo popup for Anthony Gilbert
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Schedule

Mon, 9:40 AM - 12:00 PM (1/18/2022 - 5/20/2022) Location: MAIN ONL ONL

Description

This course will focus on writings by J.R.R. Tolkien, exploring a number of themes: truth and fiction, the middle ages and modernity, mythology and theology. Tolkien himself was multifaceted: a soldier, a friend, a linguist, a translator, a professor, a husband, a father, and, of course, a writer, nurturing in all these roles a profound Christian faith. His writings possess an internal consistency and depth rooted in philology and ancient cosmology unmatched in the traditions of fantasy literature. This course will explore Tolkien’s dynamic perspectives on the arts, ecology, work, virtue, war, anarchy, monarchy, local culture, and dragons.

Course Prerequisites: Intsructor Permission