How to Read J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings

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0:00 the enduring power of Tolkien’s storytelling
1:20 on the popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien
3:30 invention as a process of rediscovery
5:00 how Tolkien sparks our love of literature
6:00 lecture series on the world of Tolkien
7:00 the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien
8:00 why should we embrace a love of words?
9:00 history of language is a history of people
10:30 how Tolkien began creating languages
11:30 two approaches to language creation
13:00 creating a home for one’s languages
15:30 on the illusion of historicity
16:30 language creation in the 20th century
18:00 Tolkien’s personal language aesthetic
19:00 most important parts of language creation
20:00 the elvish languages of Quenya and Sindarin
20:30 Tolkien reciting ‘Namárië’ (Galadriel’s Lament)
21:00 sound symbolism in Tolkien’s languages
22:00 ‘Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo’
23:30 the songs of The Lord of the Rings
25:00 how Tolkien created beautiful languages
28:30 Tolkien and the English language
29:30 on uniting literature and language
33:00 celebrating our love of old lore
35:00 moral teaching vs moral allegories
37:00 Tolkien and the First World War
38:00 creating a national mythology for England
41:00 Tolkien and Victorian Arthuriana
43:00 nostalgia and ecological comments
45:00 on quests and the hero’s journey
47:00 ‘I wish it need not have happened in my time’
48:00 how do we define a great hero?
50:00 on finding the courage already within us
51:30 time to answer the call to adventure

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