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Academic Mastery • AM Literature • AM Tier 2 • JRR Tolkien
A Module in [Cluster] Tolkien's Middle-earth in Context [Tier 2] • Non-Sequential Series
Mixed Lecture/Discussion

This module is part of the Academic Mastery program. Please apply to the AM program before enrolling in this course


This module is part of the Tolkien's Middle-earth in Context cluster.


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Note: This module draws extensively upon lectures originally recorded for Tolkien's World of Middle-earth. Students in the MA program who have taken (or plan to take) that course may find significant overlap in the core materials.


Format: 4 weeks discussion; 1 week assessment (9 hours video; 8 hours discussion

Assessments: summative (final project)


Goals and Skills:

  • Students who complete the module will be able to clearly articulate an understanding of the ideas that inspired Tolkien’s imagination.
  • Students who master the material will be able to produce a well-organized, structurally coherent project, synthesizing two or more ideas, that explores significant connections between the tragic epic of Beowulf, the building blocks of faërie, and Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.


    • This course is graduate level in intensity.

    Fee: 2 Signum Tokens

    Required Texts

    Beowulf, transl. J. R. R. Tolkien
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