J. R. R. Tolkien 3301-LB1009
Critical analysis of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, short literary forms and critical essays in the context of the legendarium represented by The Silmarillion and the history of Western literature.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
Students get acquainted with the literary output of J.R.R.Tolkien and professional language characteristic for Anglophone literary studies, acquire the knowledge about the symbolic background for the interactions within one culture or between cultures
Skills
Social abilities
-students acquire consciousness of the value of their knowledge for forging communal ties
-students take a conscious and active part in their own national culture, respect European cultural heritage, and show awareness and interest in cultural diversity
- student exhibit tolerance and respect for differing cultural phenomena as well as for individual opinions
In class discussions students acquire skills of expressing their thoughts in a clear, coherent, logical and precise manner, with the use of language which is correct grammatically, lexically and phonetically.
Assessment criteria
Oral exam and re-sit exam
Bibliography
CARPENTER, Humphrey. J. R. R. Tolkien. A Biography. London: Grafton, 1992.
CHANCE, Jane. Ed. Tolkien the Medievalist. London and New York: Routledge, 2003.
CLARK, George and TIMMONS, Daniel. Eds..J. R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances. Views of Middle-earth. Westport, Con. And London: Greenwood Press, 2000.
DROUT. Michael A. C. Ed. Tolkien Encyclopedia. Scholarship and Assessment. New York and London: Routledge, 2007.
KOWALIK, Barbara. Ed. O What a Tangled Web. Tolkien and Medieval Literature A View from Poland. Zurich and Jena: Walking Tree Publishers, 2013.
SHIPPEY, Tom. The Road to Middle-earth. How J.R.R.Tolkien Created a New Mythology. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.
SIMONSON, Martin. The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition. Zurich and Jena: Walking Tree Publishers, 2008.
SZYJEWSKI, Andrzej. Od Valinoru do Mordoru. Kraków: Wydawnictwo M, 2004.
WOLF, Mark J.P. Building Imaginary Worlds. The Theory and History of Subcreation. New York and London: Routledge, 2012.
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