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Lord of the Flies - A Novel Study
The Fall of Arnor: A Military Explanation of Events in the Lord of The Rings
A one time class about the history of a key war in Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Class experience
US Grade 9 - 12
In this lecture, we will be going over a pivotal moment in the history of JRR Tolkien's Lord of The Rings; the fall of the Kingdom of Arnor. Itself a tragedy centuries in the making, the fall of Arnor represents a pivotal moment in the history of Middle Earth and remains an often overlooked or ignored period of time. Even the author himself regulated it to the Appendix section of his work! This class aims to help inform the casual reader and dedicated fan alike, with a powerpoint lecture...
This class is taught in English.
students will enjoy a lighthearted but still academically rigorous analysis of a literary classic, looking at fiction from a historical perspective and blending the two disciplines of English language literature and historiography.
This class being a synthesis of both English language literature and history, with an emphasis on military affairs in the classical period, I believe I am positioned to help students learn on this subject given that it is the background I have from my time in Umass Boston.
While entirely fictional, this is still a discussion about war and as such will include discussions on the deaths of (fictional) Kings in war, as well as a very Tolkien-esq approach to morality and good and evil. Given that Tolkien was a devout Catholic and Anti-War veteran of WW1 himself, some religious elements from his work have necessarily leaked in. Nevertheless the class will be as religiously neutral as possible while still respecting those underlying themes of his work.
All of our sources come directly from the Lord of The Rings itself, as this is not a particularly history-intensive lecture. We will be leaning mostly on The Return of The King and the Appendix found therein, and as such an at least passing familiarity with either the books or the movie would be extremely helpful!
My name is Carston Anderson and I teach (and study) predominantly history and English with an emphasis on military history and classical European civilizations. I am currently an AmeriCorps volunteer, working full time at a school in the Boston...
Group Class
$10
per classMeets once
35 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
3-6 learners per class
