This practical course bridges the gap between general English and the professional world of working adults. The syllabus is based on the needs of people in work who use English as an international means of communication.
International Express Intermediate, New Edition - A new edition that retains the successful combination of general and work-related English with over 70% new material.
Christianity at the Crossroads: The Reformations of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Thomas F. Madden
Esteemed history professor Thomas F. Madden explores the
reformations that swept across Christendom in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries.
TMS - Giants of Irish Literature: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett
Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett: These four masters of Irish literature created works of startling innovation and unparalleled literary merit. They defied popular expectations and confounded critics with unique masterpieces that one might think of as puzzles, the solution of which lies at the heart of the modern age.
Understanding the works of these greats, all associated to some degree with the Irish Literary Revival, is fundamental not only to a richer appreciation of Irish literature, but to a better comprehension of modern literature in all its manifestations, for these authors struggled with the idea of modernity and all it entailed, and the fruits of their struggle stand as monuments to the remarkable capacity of literary imagination.
Renowned professor George O’Brien of Georgetown University provides the biographical background of these authors and an in-depth analysis of their greatest works. In the course of these lectures, O’Brien discusses the very qualities that set these works apart and the “Irishness” that characterizes each of them.
Professor George O’Brien
Georgetown University)
George O’Brien is a professor of English. His main scholarly and teaching areas are Irish literature since 1800 and creative writing. Among his numerous publications are three volumes of memoirs and two books on contemporary Irish playwright Brian Friel.
TMS - Rings, Swords, and Monsters - Exploring Fantasy Literature What Is Fantasy Literature - Genre, Canon, History
Origins of Modern Fantasy
Tolkien - Life and Languages
Tolkien - The Hobbit
Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien - The Two Towers
The Return of the King
Tolkien - The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and Other
Tolkien - Criticism and Theory
Imitations and Reactions - Brooks and Donaldson
Worthy Inheritors - Le Guin and Holdstock
Children’s Fantasy
It's Never Too Late
Arthurian Fantasy
Magical Realism and Conclusions
Assistant Professor of English Michael Drout is a medievalist who also studies the works of novelist and fellow Anglo-Saxon scholar J.R.R. Tolkien. English Professor Michael Drout, a nationally known medievalist and J.R.R. Tolkien scholar, has been selected as a Millicent C. McIntosh Fellow for 2006 by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The $15,000 award will support Drout's continuing scholarship on tenth century English literature. The McIntosh Fellowships are awarded to recently tenured humanities faculty "who demonstrate a deep commitment to excellent teaching and scholarship ... and who are exceptional citizens of their academic community," according to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. The awards are intended to provide outstanding young faculty with the time and resources needed to continue their scholarly work at a career juncture when professional and personal responsibilities present many competing challenges. One of six McIntosh Fellows selected this year, Drout is the William C.H. and Elsie D. Prentice Professor of English at Wheaton, where he teaches Old English (Anglo-Saxon), Middle English, medieval literature, fantasy, science fiction and writing. His scholarship on medieval literature combines literary expertise with innovative uses of contemporary information theory and evolutionary biology.
TMS - Giants of Irish Literature: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett
TMS - Rings, Swords, and Monsters - Exploring Fantasy Literature
