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