For this class you will be reading many of Tolkien's works including The Hobbit,  The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and many of his shorter works in The Tolkien Reader.  You will write three papers at least 4 pages in length.

I have removed the lectures temporarily.  Please email me for permission to view them at cbarkley@palomar.edu  Sorry for the inconvenience. 

You can see streamed video of my lectures on The Hobbit,  each book of The Lord of the Rings,  and The Silmarillion by clicking on the lecture you want to see

The Hobbit, part 1
The Hobbit, part 2

The Lord of the Rings, book 1
The Lord of the Rings, book 2
The Lord of the Rings, book 3
The Lord of the Rings, book 4
The Lord of the Rings, book 5
The Lord of the Rings, book 6

The Silmarillion, Ainulindale
The Silmarillion, Valaquenta
The Silmarillion, Part 1
The Silmarillion, Part 2

Coming soon: "On Fairy Stories", "Leaf by Niggle", "Smith of Wootton Major", "Farmer Giles of Ham", and Tolkien biography