Tolkien at Oxford
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J. R. R. Tolkien was a students and a professor at the University of Oxford. He taught medieval literature from his arrival in 1925 at Pembroke College and Merton College until his retirement in 1959. These podcasts explore the relationship between Tolkien and Oxford, the influence of medieval literature on his fiction, and analyses of some of his most famous works - The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and .
We have created two teaching packs to support this:
- 'The Hobbit' Years 6 and up (slideset and teaching guide)
- 'The Silmarillion' Years 10 and up (slideset and teaching guide)
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| # | Title | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Tolkien Archive and Exhibition at Bodleian (Part 1) | An interview with Catherine McIlwaine on the Tolkien archive at Bodley and the exhibition of 2018 -… | Catherine McIlwaine, Stuart Lee |
| 12 | Teaching Pack: The Silmarillion | Teaching pack (slides and guide) around J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion'. | Caroline Batten |
| 13 | Teaching Pack: The Silmarillion | Caroline Batten | |
| 14 | Teaching Pack: The Hobbit | A teaching pack (slides and teacher's guide) based around Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'. | Caroline Batten |
| 15 | Teaching Pack: The Hobbit | Caroline Batten | |
| 16 | Teaching Pack (Booklet): The Hobbit | A teacher's booklet to supplement the slides on teaching 'The Hobbit'. | Caroline Batten |
| 17 | What is the 'Silmarillion'? | This lecture is an introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien's third major work, 'The Silmarillion' (1977),… | Grace Khuri |
| 18 | What Tolkien learnt from Beowulf: Representations of Evil | Smaug the Golden, Sauron the Terrible, the Balrog of Moria... These are some of J. R. R. Tolkien's… | Rafael J. Pascual |
| 19 | Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary: 'The Ring of Words' | A discussion with the authors of 'The Ring of Words', an exploration into Tolkien's work as a… | Stuart Lee, Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, Edmund Weiner |
| 20 | Tolkien and Languages: Ancient and Invented | Interview with Dr Elizabeth Solopova from the Bodlian Library on the influence of medieval language… | Elizabeth Solopova, Stuart Lee |