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INSTRUCTOR: Adam Gorelick
SECTION: U07A
SCHEDULE: Tuesday, Thursday, 10:00am – 1:20pm (Summer A)
Course Description
This course explores the theory and practice of imagination through the works of philologist and author, J.R.R. Tolkien. Famous for deep fictional world-building and profound intimacy with language, Tolkien transcended the fantasy genre and offered through his works insight into philosophy, history, linguistics, mythology, sociology, mysticism, and ecology—not to mention poetry, astronomy, gardening, and many other subjects. Students will read essays, poems, and stories by and about Tolkien, trace the origins of his invented world, and apply their own faculties of language and imagination to the realization of something new.