University teachers working in different fields in North America, China, India, and Europe offer guidelines, along with discussion of assignment design, methodology, teaching practices, and classroom setup to courses involving
J.R.R. Tolkein, fan pilgrimages and service learning, Tumblr, online fan activities, vidding as a way to teach critical literary theory, race and racism, and fandom as an academic subject.
Boosinger said he drew from the Welsh language for his company's name because Welsh is similar to one of the Elvish languages in the fantasy universe of author
J.R.R. Tolkein. Boosinger said his desire to enter a fantasy - or virtual - world began when he was 8 years old, exposed for the first time to Tolkein's "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings."
Forget
J.R.R. Tolkein's Shire and Lewis Carroll's Wonderland, Gulf News poll respondents preferred Hogwarts to all other imaginary worlds.
J.R.R. Tolkein, whose The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings franchises have also been heavily licensed, is tied for 7.
My favourite writers are
J.R.R. Tolkein, Ian Fleming and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY
J.R.R. Tolkein. camera (color.
This genre has definitely mushroomed since the days of
J.R.R. Tolkein's works and even before that, becoming an accepted category of pop culture, young adult and adult fantasy literature.
Inside, there were an array of activities including an opportunity to make your own shield or pedant; arms from the middle ages (which anyone from Middle-earth would recognize) workshops and demonstrations; a reading of tales by
J.R.R. Tolkein, the reputedly mild-mannered author responsible for Middle-earth where "The Hobbit,'' "The Lord of the Rings'' and plenty of battles are set; a scholarly discussion; and even a Hobbit sing-along.
It was like
J.R.R. Tolkein coming to class after you read Lord of the Rings," said Thompson.
Colbert has been a longtime fan of
J.R.R. Tolkein's work, reportedly going as far as learning the fictional language of Elvish in order to more fully appreciate the subtle details in "Lord of the Rings."
Those profiled include authors
J.R.R. Tolkein and A.A.
In the books of
J.R.R. Tolkein, Bilbo Baggins found a ring that could make him invisible; he passed it on to his nephew Frodo.