On-line Tolkien course - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Anguirel · 09-14-2005, 01:10 PM

Well, naturally as a dweller of the Oxenford, I refuse to believe Cambridge is any more than a small depressing grey town with a Roundhead Civil War record, but some conspiracy theorists have suggested that an occasional Cambridgian has been known to be literate...

My sister's profound attitude on this question is "Oxford has bigger and better parties!"

Mithalwen · 09-14-2005, 01:43 PM

Yes... parties.. harder with an online course .. and punting might be a problem too.. Aieee we sound more "Footlights College" even so than "Scumbag"-Rah rah rah! We're going to smash the oiks!

Lalwendë · 10-20-2005, 07:08 AM

Well, any UK based prospective University students might do well to consider English at Leeds. I'm working with a graduate from there who tells me that Tolkien is a major area of study there. Wonders will never cease - an English University that considers Tolkien serious enough to study!

Not only that, but fellow students wrote whole dissertations on Tolkien.

Looking on their website, the following modules are available:

One which includes LotR as a required text, and Shippey as further reading:Romance, Ballad and Fairy Tale

Three other Tolkien-friendly courses are also available:
Arthurian Legend: Chivalry and Violence
Beowulf
Old Norse Mythology

Of course, both Tolkien and Shippey taught here, so there must be a considerable influence due to their scholarship; but back in 1989 they did not offer this range of courses.

Fordim Hedgethistle · 10-20-2005, 10:59 AM

Toot Toot, sounds Fordim's horn in the distance, Toot Toot

I taught a non-credit course on Tolkien a few years ago -- if you would like I could run it again as an online course, for Downers only. I mean, really, let's face it, you all really could learn a lot from me.

And wouldn't it be great to sit at your computer screen in rapt attention for hour after hour of Professor Fordim telling you about Tolkien and LotR and resolving all your questions about it?

Oh, but I forget, you already have that luxury...

Creeping back to my barrow now. Please, do not throw objects either too heavy or too sharp.

Bêthberry · 10-20-2005, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Fordim Hedgethistle

Toot Toot, sounds Fordim's horn in the distance, Toot Toot

I taught a non-credit course on Tolkien a few years ago -- if you would like I could run it again as an online course, for Downers only. I mean, really, let's face it, you all really could learn a lot from me.

And wouldn't it be great to sit at your computer screen in rapt attention for hour after hour of Professor Fordim telling you about Tolkien and LotR and resolving all your questions about it? Oh, but I forget, you already have that luxury...

Creeping back to my barrow now. Please, do not throw objects either too heavy or too sharp.

Sounds like your Barrow Downs Dream , Fordim. However, given the attitude of some of our Downers, I would hope that none of your students in their misery over your 1500 word assignment on "Canonicity and Forgiveness: Primary and Secondary World Creation" would think of--as they have of their other professors and assignments--assigning you to Mordor .

Mithalwen · 10-20-2005, 11:28 AM

I think the most fitting punishment would be to take him up on his offer.....

I am seriously considering the welsh one if it is not too late but his would save me £60 ...

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-23-2006, 10:54 AM

There's another course offered by Cardiff this year: Exploring Tolkien: There and Back Again

If anyone takes it, please do post to let us know about your experience!

09-14-2005, 01:10 PM	#1
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Well, naturally as a dweller of the Oxenford, I refuse to believe Cambridge is any more than a small depressing grey town with a Roundhead Civil War record, but some conspiracy theorists have suggested that an occasional Cambridgian has been known to be literate... My sister's profound attitude on this question is "Oxford has bigger and better parties!" __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

09-14-2005, 01:43 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Yes... parties.. harder with an online course .. and punting might be a problem too.. Aieee we sound more "Footlights College" even so than "Scumbag"-Rah rah rah! We're going to smash the oiks! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-20-2005, 07:08 AM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Well, any UK based prospective University students might do well to consider English at Leeds. I'm working with a graduate from there who tells me that Tolkien is a major area of study there. Wonders will never cease - an English University that considers Tolkien serious enough to study! Not only that, but fellow students wrote whole dissertations on Tolkien. Looking on their website, the following modules are available: One which includes LotR as a required text, and Shippey as further reading:Romance, Ballad and Fairy Tale Three other Tolkien-friendly courses are also available: Arthurian Legend: Chivalry and Violence Beowulf Old Norse Mythology Of course, both Tolkien and Shippey taught here, so there must be a considerable influence due to their scholarship; but back in 1989 they did not offer this range of courses. __________________ Gordon's alive!

10-20-2005, 10:59 AM	#4
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Toot Toot, sounds Fordim's horn in the distance, Toot Toot I taught a non-credit course on Tolkien a few years ago -- if you would like I could run it again as an online course, for Downers only. I mean, really, let's face it, you all really could learn a lot from me. And wouldn't it be great to sit at your computer screen in rapt attention for hour after hour of Professor Fordim telling you about Tolkien and LotR and resolving all your questions about it? Oh, but I forget, you already have that luxury... Creeping back to my barrow now. Please, do not throw objects either too heavy or too sharp. __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

10-20-2005, 11:28 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I think the most fitting punishment would be to take him up on his offer..... I am seriously considering the welsh one if it is not too late but his would save me £60 ... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-23-2006, 10:54 AM	#7
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	There's another course offered by Cardiff this year: Exploring Tolkien: There and Back Again If anyone takes it, please do post to let us know about your experience! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

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