Syllabus
The Shire (Aug. 28, Sept.
2, 4)
LOTR (FOTR) I, 1-5.
The Hobbit, chapters 1 and 5.
Unfinished Tales, pp. 335-351.
Fairy Stories
Lewis, On Stories, pp. 3-20, 45-52, 83-90.
The Monster and the Critics, pp. 109-161.
Shippey, pp. 1-50, 221-225, 305-328.
Birzer, pp. 13-17, 37-44.
The Old Forest (Sept. 9,
11)
LOTR (FOTR), I, 6-7.
LOTR (ROTK), Appendix B (Third Age), pp. 455-461.
The Silmarillion, pp. 5-19, 25-30.
Sub-Creation
Shippey, pp. 56-68.
Birzer, pp. 23-28.
Sayers, pp. 21-46.
Lewis, On Stories, pp. 55-68.
Suppl., Cox.
Rivendell (Sept. 16, 18,
23)
LOTR (FOTR) I, 8-12; II, 1-2.
LOTR (ROTK), Appendix F, II, pp. 513-520.
The Silmarillion, pp. 19-22, 31-32, 35-41, 227-225.
The Origin of Evil
Shippey, pp. 68-82, 128-143.
Suppl. Milton
Suppl., Lewis, Perelandra
Boethius, Book III, pp. 78-115; Book IV, pp. 116-132.
Words
Sayers, pp. 3-17.
Suppl. Barfield
Lewis, On Stories, pp. 105-107.
The Monster and the Critics, pp. 49-60, 175-177, 189-194, 198-223.
Shippey, pp. 256-261.
Moria (Sept. 25, 30, Oct.
2)
LOTR (FOTR) II, 3-5.
LOTR (ROTK), Appendix A, III, pp. 438-451.
The Silmarillion, pp. 43-46, 91-94, 285-289.
Sub-Creation
Shippey, pp. 237-246, 266-277, 296-304.
Sayers, pp. 87-92, 125-145.
Lothlorien (Oct. 7, 9, 14)
LOTR (FOTR), II, 6-8.
The Silmarillion, pp. 41-43, 47-90, 95-102.
Unfinished Tales, pp. 239-264.
The Origin of Evil
Suppl., Lewis, The Problem of Pain
Suppl,, Augustine
Suppl., Hick
Birzer, pp. 53-57.
Freedom and Foreknowledge
Suppl., Pike
Suppl., Plantinga
Suppl., Zagzebski
Boethius, Book V, pp. 150-169.
Metaphor
Suppl., Davidson
Suppl., Rorty & Hessen; Suppl., Gal
Suppl., Swinburne
Shippey, pp. 161-168
Isengard (Oct. 16,21, 23)
LOTR (FOTR), II, 9-10; LOTR (TTT), III, 1-11.
The Silmarillion, pp. 188-226, 257-271.
Unfinished Tales, pp. 61-153, 173-180, 301-334.
That Hideous Strength, pp. 13-138.
Freedom and Divine Providence
Shippey, pp. 249-254
Suppl., Flint
Suppl., Van Inwagen, "Free Will Remains a Mystery"
Technology and Nature
Suppl,, Schumacher
Suppl., Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Suppl., Ellul, The Technological Society and The Technological Buff
Birzer,. pp. 109-113, 127-131.
Cirith Ungol (Oct. 28, 30,
Nov. 4)
LOTR (TTT), Book IV, 1-10.
The Silmarillion, pp. 162-187 (Beren and Luthien)
Courage, Hope and Hopelessness
Shippey, pp. 161-221, 147-155, 254-256.
Birzer, pp. 33-36, 67-87.
The Monster and the Critics, pp. 5-48 (Beowulf)
Suppl., Dawson
Minas Tirith (Nov. 6, 11,
13)
LOTR (ROTK), Book V, 1-10.
The Silmarillion, pp. 271-282 (Numenor).
LOTR (ROTK), Appendix A, I, (v): Arwen and Aragorn, pp. 420-428.
Unfinished Tales, pp. 181-238, 282-300.
That Hideous Strength, pp. 139-270.
Origin of Evil
Suppl., Aquinas
Suppl., Cross (Duns Scotus)
Suppl., Kierkegaard
Shippey, pp. 112-128.
Birzer, pp. 89-107.
Death and Deathlessness
Shippey, pp. 197-200.
Mount Doom (Nov. 18, 20)
LOTR (ROTK), Book VI, 1-5.
That Hideous Strength, pp. 271-358.
Freedom and Divine Providence
Shippey, pp. 143-147.
Suppl., Farrer
Suppl., Koons
Universals
Suppl,, Chesterton, Saint Thomas Aquinas
Suppl., John E. Joseph (Plato's Cratylus)
Suppl., Armstrong,
Suppl., David Lewis
Sayers, pp. 49-83, 93-107.
Shippey, pp. 174-192.
Fairy Stories
Birzer, pp. 53-65.
The Shire Again (Nov. 25, Dec.
2)
LOTR (ROTK), Book VI, 6-8.
Orwell, Animal Farm
That Hideous Strength, pp. 359-382.
Social Questions
Shippey, pp. 171-174.
Birzer, pp. 13-126, 133-38.
Suppl., Chesterton, "What's Wrong with the World"
Suppl., Chesterton, "Outline of Sanity"
Suppl., Belloc
Suppl., Lewis, Mere Christianity