Medieval Fair Free Lectures Series
Friday, April 18th, 6:15pm – 7:30pm CST (Seating at 6:15pm, Lecture starts at 6:30pm)
Norman Public Library East, Community Room, 3051 E Alameda St., Norman, OK 73071.
If you can’t be there in person, the presentation will also be available on Zoom at https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/91497925617
"Tolkien's 'Medieval' Worldbuilding"
Presented by Cami Agan, Distinguished Professor of Language & Literature, Oklahoma Christian University
J.R.R. Tolkien was a trained medievalist, and he also constructed a world that echoes many of the medieval works he knew well. This lecture will discuss the field of "medievalisms", Tolkien's relationship to his medievalist "day job" and his creative works, what scholars of Tolkien explore in his works, and finally, the speaker's scholarly interest in Tolkien's created world of Middle-earth.
The Medieval Fair Free Lecture Series is cosponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies University of Oklahoma.
Come learn more about the middle ages just for the fun of learning! No papers, no test, just interesting information about life long ago.
This event is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Norman Arts Council Hotel Tax Grant Program.