378 - Richard Rohlin - Tolkien and Universal History

378 - Richard Rohlin - Tolkien and Universal History

In this episode Richard Rohlin goes solo to give us an introduction about JRR Tolkien's vision for Universal History. Later this month he will be teaching a course on this topic.
Register now for the Tolkien and Universal History course by Richard Rohlin on The Symbolic World website: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/tolkien-and-universal-history

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Live classes: February 24 - March 24, 5 weeks, 10 hours of lectures.
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=====Timestamps====
01:07 - Introduction
03:36 - What makes Tolkien unique?
07:53 - Tolkien & universal history
12:28 - The Arthurian legends
22:13 - Redeeming the elves
26:45 - Redeeming the gods
27:40 - Medieval genres: Chronicles
29:35 - Poetry
31:17 - The Silmarillion
34:10 - Retelling culture-founding narratives
36:09 - The Lord of the Rings
38:44 - The novel
42:16 - Writing assignment

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