Signum University — Blackberry

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Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals	Occurrences
Advanced Old English Readings: Alice in Wonderland	Larry Swain	Language	Advanced Languages Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Germanic Studies Linguistics
A Journey Through The History of the Hobbit Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy JRR Tolkien
A Journey Through The History of the Hobbit 1 First in the Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy JRR Tolkien	Spotlight May 2024
A Journey Through The History of the Hobbit 2 Continuing Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy JRR Tolkien	July 2024
A Journey Through The History of the Hobbit 3 Continuing Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy JRR Tolkien	September 2024
Boccaccio’s The Decameron	Liam Daley	General Humanities	Adaptation Theory Fairy Tales History Renaissance The Middle Ages
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets		Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy Monsters
Chrétien de Troyes: "Lancelot, Knight of the Cart" and "Erec & Enide"	Liam Daley	General Humanities	Arthurian Literature Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy History The Middle Ages
Creative Writing: Oral Storytelling	Sparrow Alden Christopher Bartlett	Creative Writing	Children’s Literature Collaborative Feedback Creative Writing Drama Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Workshops
Earendel Sprang Up From The Ocean's Cup: The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien		Fantasy Studies	Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry Religious Studies	January 2025
Encountering the Japanese Weird through Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan	Pilar Barrera Robert Steed	Fantasy Studies	Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan May Showcase 2023 Monsters	May 2023
Exploring Mushi Shi 蟲師	Robert Steed	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Japan Monsters Religious Studies Travel Literature
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 1 First in the Series	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 2 Continuing Series	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 3 Continuing Series	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends Series Series		Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Japanese Picturebooks NOT PUBLIC	Pilar Barrera Robert Steed	General Humanities	Children’s Literature East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Japan
Fairy Tales: An Adventure from the Writer's Perspective	Pilar Barrera Sparrow Alden	Creative Writing	Collaborative Feedback Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Skills Workshops
Fairy Tales: From Apples to Bears	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales: Beauty and the Beast	Elise Trudel Cedeño Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales in The Witcher’s World NOT PUBLIC	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Monsters
Fairy Tales: Rats, Mice, and Birds	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales: Tricksters, Fools, and Villains	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales
His Dark Materials in Context: The Amber Spyglass	Faith Acker Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
His Dark Materials in Context: The Golden Compass	Faith Acker Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
His Dark Materials in Context: The Subtle Knife	Faith Acker Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
In the Age of Wonder: The Many Themes of Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal		Fantasy Studies	Anthropocene Comparative Mythology Drama Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy Ethics Fairy Tales Fantasy Film Studies Magic Metaphysics Monsters Weird Fiction Worldbuilding	June 2024
Introduction to Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales
Introduction to Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales: A House of Pomegranates		Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy
Introduction to Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales: The Happy Prince and Other Tales	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Text, Translation, Film	Liam Daley	General Humanities	Adaptation Theory Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Film Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters The Middle Ages
Japanese Fairy Tales and Children's Literature	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Japan
Nordic Madness: Exploring Children's Literature in Three Nordic Authors	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy
Reading L.M. Montgomery as Fantasy: Part 1: Anne of Green Gables	Brenton Dickieson	General Humanities	Canada Children’s Literature Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fantasy Lucy Maud Montgomery Magic Modernism Romanticism Speculative Fiction Women's Studies Worldbuilding Young Adult Fiction
Readings in Middle High German: König Rother	Isaac Schendel	Language	Advanced Languages Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Russian Fairy Tales: Journeys, Quests, and Chicken Legs	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy
Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales: Pericles and Cymbeline	Liam Daley	General Humanities	British Literature Drama Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy History Magic Renaissance Shakespeare The Middle Ages
Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales: "The Winter's Tale" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen"		General Humanities	Adaptation Theory British Literature Drama Fairy Tales Fantasy History Renaissance Shakespeare The Middle Ages Travel Literature
Star Wars and Joseph Campbell	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Comparative Mythology Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Film Studies Science Fiction
The Gaelic Otherworld 1 First in the Series NOT PUBLIC	Sìne Màiri MacDougall	General Humanities	Fairy Tales
The Gaelic Otherworld 2 Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC	Sìne Màiri MacDougall	General Humanities	Fairy Tales
The Gaelic Otherworld Series Series NOT PUBLIC	Sìne Màiri MacDougall	General Humanities	Fairy Tales
The (Other) Canterbury Tales		General Humanities	British Literature Fairy Tales History Poetry The Middle Ages Travel Literature	August 2024
The Seven Deadly Stories NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Bible Classical Literature CS Lewis Ethics Fairy Tales JRR Tolkien Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies Renaissance The Greco-Roman World The Inklings The Middle Ages
The Women of Beowulf	Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies	Beginning Languages Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages Women's Studies
Tolkien's Macbeth: Shakespeare and Evil in Middle-earth	Tom Hillman	Fantasy Studies	Drama Fairy Tales JRR Tolkien Shakespeare
Video Game Storytelling	Dominic Nardi	General Humanities	Digital Humanities Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Science Fiction Video Games	July 2024
Wayward Children Novella Series Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy Weird Fiction
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 1 First in the Series	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy May Showcase 2023 Weird Fiction	May 2023
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 3 Continuing Series	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies	Book series Fairy Tales Fantasy Literacy Monsters Novellas Weird Fiction
Yōkai and Legends: Exploring the Weird in Japanese and Latin American Cultures		Fantasy Studies	Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Latin American Studies Magic Monsters

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