Undergraduate Tolkien Survey

In the Spring of 2010, the Tolkien Professor recorded each session of his undergraduate Tolkien course at Washington College and posted them here.

Listed below is the reading schedule followed in the lecture series. The page numbers, included in parentheses, refer to the editions of the books available on the Literature Page.

Week 1

  1. Introduction – (January 18, 2010)
  2. “On Fairy-Stories,” Part I – (January 20, 2010)
  3. “On Fairy-Stories,” Part II – (January 22, 2010)

Week 2

  1. “Mythopoeia” – (January 25, 2010)
  2. “Leaf by Niggle,” Part I – (January 27, 2010)
  3. “Leaf by Niggle,” Part II – (January 29, 2010)

Week 3

  1. “Smith of Wootton Major” Part I – (February 1, 2010)
  2. “Smith of Wootton Major” Part II – (February 3, 2010)
  3. Silmarillion, Part I (13-32) “Ainulindale”; “Valaquenta” – (February 5, 2010)

Week 4

  1. Silmarillion Part II (35-72), “Quenta Silmarillion,” i-vii – (February 8, 2010)
  2. Silmarillion Part III (73-105), “Quenta Silmarillion,” viii-xii – (February 10, 2010)
  3. Silmarillion Part IV (106-149), “Quenta Silmarillion,” xiii-xvii – (February 12, 2010)

Week 5

  1. Silmarillion Part V (150-187), “Quenta Silmarillion,” xviii-xix – (February 15, 2010)
  2. Silmarillion Part VI (188-226), “Quenta Silmarillion,” xx-xxi – (February 17, 2010)
  3. Silmarillion Part VII (227-255), “Quenta Silmarillion,” xxii-xxiv – (February 19, 2010)

Week 6

  1. Silmarillion Part VIII (259-282), “Akallabeth” – (February 22, 2010)
  2. Silmarillion Part IX (285-304), “Of the Rings of Power…” – (February 24, 2010)
  3. The Hobbit Part I (3-63), Chapters i-iv – (February 26, 2010)

 Week 7

  1. The Hobbit Part II (64-127), Chapters v-vii – (March 1, 2010)
  2. The Hobbit Part III (128-190), Chapters viii-xi – (March 3, 2010)
  3. The Hobbit Part IV (191-272), Chapters xii-xix – (March 5, 2010)

Week 8

  1. Fellowship Part I (1-63), Prologue, Book I.i-ii – (March 15, 2010)
  2. Fellowship Part II (64-120), Book I.iii-vi – (March 17, 2010)
  3. Fellowship Part III (121-171), Book I.vii-x – (March 19, 2010)

Week 9

  1. Fellowship Part IV (172-232), Book I.xi – Book II.i – (March 22, 2010)
  2. Fellowship Part V (233-286), Book II.ii-iii – (March 24, 2010)
  3. Fellowship Part VI (287-343), Book II.iv-vi – (March 26, 2010)

Week 10

  1. Fellowship Part VII (344-398), Book II.vii-x – (March 29, 2010)
  2. Two Towers Part I (403-449), Book III.i-iii – (April 2, 2010)

Week 11

  1. Two Towers Part II (450-513), Book III.iv-vi – (April 5, 2010)
  2. Two Towers Part III (514-561), Book III.vii-ix – (April 7, 2010)
  3. Two Towers Part IV (562-605), Book III.x – Book IV.i – (April 9, 2010)

Week 12

  1. Two Towers Part V (606-667), Book IV.ii-v – (April 12, 2010)
  2. Two Towers Part VI (668-725), Book IV.vi-x – (April 14, 2010)
  3. Return Part I (731-787), Book V.i-iii – (April 16, 2010)

Week 13

  1. Return Part II (788-839), Book V.iv-vii – (April 19, 2010)
  2. Return Part III (840-894), Book V.viii – Book VI.i – (April 21, 2010)
  3. Return Part IV (895-951), Book VI.ii-v – (April 23, 2010)

Week 14

  1. Return Part V (952-997), Book VI.vi-viii – (April 26, 2010)
  2. Return Part VI (998-1008, 1032-1038), Book VI.ix, App A(v) – (April 28, 2010)