{"id":56033,"date":"2012-05-10T12:08:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T17:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=56033"},"modified":"2012-05-10T12:11:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T17:11:11","slug":"mythgard-institute-summer-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/05\/10\/56033-mythgard-institute-summer-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Mythgard Institute summer courses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some TORn followers will be familiar with TORn’s friend The Tolkien Professor, Corey Olsen<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0and his great podcasts and lectures.\u00a0 This summer, he and the\u00a0Mythgard Institute have some fabulous courses lined up – if you are anxiously awaiting The Hobbit<\/em> movies (and who isn’t?!), maybe you can pass the time with a few explorations into fantasy and literature!<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mythgard Institute is offering three classes this semester.\u00a0\u00a0Olsen will be teaching a class called Modern Fantasy<\/a><\/em>, looking at the works of six major fantasy authors of the last fifty years.\u00a0 One of these authors, Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn<\/em>, will be joining Olsen for a live discussion during the class!<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, Verlyn Flieger, one of the top Tolkien scholars in the world, will be teaching a class called The Story of Arthur<\/a><\/em>, on Arthurian Literature.\u00a0 Mythgard are also offering their first language class ever: An Introduction to Latin <\/a>– just in time for you to read The Hobbit<\/em> when it is published in Latin in September!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Combined information on all the courses is here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 <\/span>Registration is closing SOON, so hurry along and see what’s on offer!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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