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Trees Are People Too (And They Probably Don't Want to Hug You)
Science Fiction • The Greco-Roman World • The Middle Ages • Weird FictionPrecepted by
Chris Pipkin.
This course examines novellas, stories, and myths that predated Tolkien's Ents in Lord of the Rings, ranging from Ovid's Metamorphoses to Ask and Embla of Norse myth, to Weird nineteenth- and twentieth-century works, such as George MacDonald's Phantastes and Algernon Blackwood's The Man Whom the Trees Loved. We'll explore why people ascribe human qualities to trees (and why they're often irascible). Through these myths and stories, we will reconsider both what it is to be a tree, and what it is to be human.
Required Texts
All texts are free to access in the Public Domain.
Iterations
None (yet!)
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