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December 2024  Candidate  Hybrid
Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Medium intensity
JRR Tolkien is one of those rare authors whose poetry is as accomplished as his prose writing. Up to this point, though, those who wished to focus primarily on Tolkien’s poetry had to access a significant number of books and online resources to do so, as they were scattered far and wide. Now, a Most Delightful Event has occurred – for the first time, a collected volume of Tolkien’s poetry is available, and it is a Tome of Significant Size!

In this hybrid course, we will read and discuss a selection of these poems, enjoying them for their aesthetic appeal as well as analysing them for Tolkien’s style, use of language, and the poetic forms he employed. This is a hybrid course, in which one class per week will be a lecture and the second class will be group discussion.

There are so many poems in these volumes that the intention is to spread the course over several months. If you can’t make one or more of the months, feel free to dip in and out as suits you!

I am also delighted to announce that one lecture session per month will be led by the one and only James Tauber, who will focus on language and the formal elements of the poetry.

Bonus Lecture from Dr. Olsen each month! We are delighted to announce that each month Dr. Corey Olsen will offer a bonus lecture on Tolkien's poetry. Each month the SPACE team will share Dr. Olsen's bonus lecture with all enrolled students that month in The Poetic Corpus of J. R. R. Tolkien series.

Required Texts

A copy of The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien: Three-Volume Box Set, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond will be required either as hard copy or as e-book.

This is a candidate for December 2024 which means it will only run if there is enough interest. Token holders can vote on candidate modules.

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This will be a Hybrid class (4 lectures & 4 discussion sessions). Each week will consist of 1 hour of recorded lecture and 1 hour of live discussion (not recorded) for a total of 8 class hours over the course of the month.

DELIVERY PLAN
1. The Monday sessions each week will be a lecture session (recorded live), shared with all students afterward in case they wish to review the session or were unable to attend it live.
2. The Thursday sessions each week will be a live discussion session (not recorded).

Days and Times


Monday Lectures (Live-Recorded Webinars): Meeting for four 1-hour Lectures with Dr. Sara Brown (and/or guest James Tauber) meeting on Mondays at 11:00 AM Eastern Time on Nov 25, Dec 2, 9, and 16 (and a pre-recorded bonus lecture from Dr. Corey Olsen will be shared with all enrolled students at a time yet to be determined.


Discussion Sessions: Discussion group meetings with Dr. Sara Brown on Thursdays at 11:00 AM Eastern for four 1-hour discussion groups on November 28 and December 5, 12, and 19.

Signum Time
US/Eastern
Note Your Time
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Mon, Nov 25
11:00 AM
Lecture (recorded live) on NOVEMBER 25th
Thu, Nov 28
11:00 AM
Discussion session
Mon, Dec 2
11:00 AM
Lecture (recorded live)
Thu, Dec 5
11:00 AM
Discussion session
Mon, Dec 9
11:00 AM
Guest Lecture (recorded live)
James Tauber (Guest)
Thu, Dec 12
11:00 AM
Discussion session
Mon, Dec 16
11:00 AM
Lecture (recorded live)
Thu, Dec 19
11:00 AM
Discussion session
If you have any questions about the SPACE program, please reach out to [email protected].