TLD 7041 - Seven Paths of the Hero in The Lord of the Rings

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California Institute of Integral Studies

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Stories about heroes and their quests fascinate us, because, whether we know it or not, each of us is a hero on a quest to fulfill our unique destiny. Mythologist Joseph Campbell said that a hero might wear any of a thousand faces. In this course, we are going to look not only at Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces, but also at seven different paths that a hero might take, seven choices that each of us might make for our own lives. Each such path is represented by a major character (or pair of characters) in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: (1) Path of Curiosity: Merry and Pippin; (2) Path of Opposites: Legolas and Gimli; (3) Path of the Wizard: Gandalf; (4) Path of the King: Aragorn; (5) Path of the Tragic Villain: Gollum; (6) Path of Love: Sam; (7) Path of Transcendence: Frodo. The course is intended to help each of you find your own heroic path in life. You will be expected to have read The Lord of the Rings ( or at least watched all three movies) before taking the course.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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