"The King Arthur Course Part Two: Fight for Right!" Begins
Oct
10

"The King Arthur Course Part Two: Fight for Right!" Begins

King Arthur Course Part Two: Fight for Right!
CA$165.00

Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur is the only work of medieval literature still commonly read by laypeople for pleasure. It represents an inflection point for Arthurian literature: it is the primary source to which virtually all adaptation or expansions of Arthurian legend return, and it is the lens through which scholars and amateurs alike have viewed older Arthurian legend for centuries. Come read Le Morte Darthur with me, and discover the adventure, the pathos, the mystery, an the humour of this amazing work.

The King Arthur Course will be divided in three parts, which will not depend on one another. Part Two: Fight For Right! focuses on chivalric glory, martial ethics, tournaments, and war.

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The Robin Hood Course Begins
Oct
17

The Robin Hood Course Begins

Robin Hood Course
CA$165.00

Few figures, historical, legendary, or fictional have captured the imagination as profoundly or as lastingly as Robin Hood. Outlaw, trickster, hero, Robin Hood is a character full of contradiction, complexity, and charm. In this course you’ll learn about the origin of Robin Hood stories, interrogate the myth and the history, and learn why centuries later we keep listening to stories about Robin Hood.

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"The History of the English Language(s) Course" Begins
Oct
24

"The History of the English Language(s) Course" Begins

History of the English Language(s) Course
CA$165.00

Nū scylun hergan     hefaenrīcaes Uard,
metudæs maecti     end his mōdgidanc,

So begins a short poem traditionally titled Cædmon's Hymn, the oldest poem by a named poet in the English language. How did English go from that to these lines, that open Electric Slide Is Not A Dance, a 2019 poem by Porsha Olayiwola?

I wanna privy you to a little secret. Come close now. Good. So, what you need to know is the electric slide is not a dance. It's a transmission code.

In this eight-week course we will begin with now and look backward, tracing a path from modern English to its early roots.

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"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins
Oct
31

"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins

CA$89.00

Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made Stevenson’s career as a professional writer and is one of the most memorable and influential horror stories ever written. Join Dr. Paul Moffett in this four-week course exploring this story, the ideas of being split and being doubled, whether good manners are the means by which monstrosity can hide, and more.

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"The Dracula Course" Begins
Nov
7

"The Dracula Course" Begins

Dracula Course
CA$165.00

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is both a compelling story and a microcosm of Victorian fixations, hangups, obsessions, anxieties. Dracula has stalked the imagination of both literary and popular culture since its publication in 1897, as attested by its enduring popularity and the scores of adaptations that have been made since. Come read this novel with me, and discover both what is so seductive and what is so repulsive about Dracula.

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"The Beowulf Course" Begins
Nov
14

"The Beowulf Course" Begins

CA$165.00

In the Old English epic Beowulf, the title character fights three monsters: Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a dragon. Together, we will explore the symbolic meaning of each of these monsters, show what they each have to do with each other, and in the process grapple with the oldest epic in the English language.

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"Power, Pardon, and Parody: The Most Popular Canterbury Tales" Begins
Nov
21

"Power, Pardon, and Parody: The Most Popular Canterbury Tales" Begins

Power, Pardon, and Parody — The Most Popular Canterbury Tales
CA$165.00

In this course we will read about half of part ofThe Canterbury Tales: the unfinished masterpiece of Geoffrey Chaucer, the most respected and widely read English poet of the middle ages. In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer takes a journey with a group of pilgrims, each of whom tells a story on the road. This frame narrative allows Chaucer to tell a wide range of short stories in different voices and genres, and match each story to its teller.

The Canterbury Tales Course is divided into two parts, and you can take one or both, in either order. This course is Part One and is focused on the highlights of the Canterbury Tales. If you’ve read only a few of the Canterbury Tales, we’ll probably be reading those ones in this course. Highlights doesn’t mean these are only good tales though, or even necessarily the best ones. They’re just the tales that are likely to be the first ones most people think of.

This course includes:
The General Prologue
The Knight's Tale
The Miller's Tale
The Reeve's Tale
The Cook's Tale
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Friar's Tale
The Summoner's Tale
The Squire's Tale
The Franklin's Tale
The Pardoner's Tale
The Prioress's Tale
The Tale of Sir Thopas
The Nun's Priest's Tale

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"The Zombies Course" Begins (Copy)
Nov
28

"The Zombies Course" Begins (Copy)

CA$165.00

Zombies are modern monsters. Although reanimated corpses and spectres appear in older stories, the zombie as we understand it now did not appear in fiction until the twentieth-century. In this course we will explore film, prose, and comic books to explain what zombie stories tell us about our own times.

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"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins
Dec
5

"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins

CA$89.00

Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made Stevenson’s career as a professional writer and is one of the most memorable and influential horror stories ever written. Join Dr. Paul Moffett in this four-week course exploring this story, the ideas of being split and being doubled, whether good manners are the means by which monstrosity can hide, and more.

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"The Game of Thrones Course" Begins
Dec
12

"The Game of Thrones Course" Begins

Game Of Thrones Course
CA$165.00

Game of Thrones is one of the most popular, and hotly debated, tv series of the decade, based on one of the most popular, and hotly debated, fantasy series ever written. Join Dr. Mikayla Hunter for a course exploring the medievalisms of Game of Thrones, from politics to magic, from medieval disability to trial by combat, in this course you’ll unravel of the most delightful complexities and nuances of Game of Thrones.

This course will will assume students have watched the TV series, but will not assume that they have read the books, though differences between the tv series and the novels will be discussed.

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"King Arthur Part Three: The Quest For the Holy" begins
Dec
19

"King Arthur Part Three: The Quest For the Holy" begins

King Arthur Course Part Three: The Quest for the Holy
CA$165.00

Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur is the only work of medieval literature still commonly read by laypeople for pleasure. It represents an inflection point for Arthurian literature: it is the primary source to which virtually all adaptation or expansions of Arthurian legend return, and it is the lens through which scholars and amateurs alike have viewed older Arthurian legend for centuries. Come read Le Morte Darthur with me, and discover the adventure, the pathos, the mystery, an the humour of this amazing work.

The King Arthur Course will be divided in three parts, which will not depend on one another. Part Three: The Quest For the Holy will focus on the quest for the Holy Grail, piety, confession, and redemption.

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"The Odyssey Course" Begins (Copy)
Oct
3

"The Odyssey Course" Begins (Copy)

Odyssey Course
CA$165.00

Homer’s Odyssey is, along with the Iliad, one of the two foundational epics of Greek myth and literature. Odysseus’s journey home after the Trojan War, in which he overcomes challenges from apathy to flesh-eating monsters, has captivated readers and listeners for millennia. Now it’s your turn to discover what’s worth knowing about The Odyssey!

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"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins
Sep
26

"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins

CA$89.00

Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made Stevenson’s career as a professional writer and is one of the most memorable and influential horror stories ever written. Join Dr. Paul Moffett in this four-week course exploring this story, the ideas of being split and being doubled, whether good manners are the means by which monstrosity can hide, and more.

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"The Medieval Werewolves Course" Begins
Sep
19

"The Medieval Werewolves Course" Begins

CA$165.00

Stories of shapeshifters and werewolves go back centuries. Anglo-Norman writer Marie de France writes about Bisclavret in the twelfth century, but although her werewolf is the best-known it is not the only, or even the first tale of werewolf knights in the middle ages. In this course we will discover a number of medieval werewolves, from the moving to the horrifying, and begin to understand what makes werewolves so compelling.

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"The Frankenstein Course" Begins
Aug
29

"The Frankenstein Course" Begins

CA$165.00

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a quintessential gothic novel, a foundational text in the history of science fiction, and a gripping monster story. It is beautiful, horrible, and philosophically engaging, has been continually in print since 1823, and has inspired countless imitations and adaptations. Find out what the fuss is about with me. Whether you’re reading Frankenstein for the first time or the tenth, this fascinating text is worth a closer look.

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"The History of the English Language(s) Course" Begins
Aug
22

"The History of the English Language(s) Course" Begins

History of the English Language(s) Course
CA$165.00

Nū scylun hergan     hefaenrīcaes Uard,
metudæs maecti     end his mōdgidanc,

So begins a short poem traditionally titled Cædmon's Hymn, the oldest poem by a named poet in the English language. How did English go from that to these lines, that open Electric Slide Is Not A Dance, a 2019 poem by Porsha Olayiwola?

I wanna privy you to a little secret. Come close now. Good. So, what you need to know is the electric slide is not a dance. It's a transmission code.

In this eight-week course we will begin with now and look backward, tracing a path from modern English to its early roots.

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"The Game of Thrones Course" Begins
Aug
15

"The Game of Thrones Course" Begins

Game Of Thrones Course
CA$165.00

Game of Thrones is one of the most popular, and hotly debated, tv series of the decade, based on one of the most popular, and hotly debated, fantasy series ever written. Join Dr. Mikayla Hunter for a course exploring the medievalisms of Game of Thrones, from politics to magic, from medieval disability to trial by combat, in this course you’ll unravel of the most delightful complexities and nuances of Game of Thrones.

This course will will assume students have watched the TV series, but will not assume that they have read the books, though differences between the tv series and the novels will be discussed.

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"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins
Aug
8

"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins

CA$89.00

Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made Stevenson’s career as a professional writer and is one of the most memorable and influential horror stories ever written. Join Dr. Paul Moffett in this four-week course exploring this story, the ideas of being split and being doubled, whether good manners are the means by which monstrosity can hide, and more.

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"King Arthur Course Part One: A Fine Romance" Begins
Aug
1

"King Arthur Course Part One: A Fine Romance" Begins

CA$165.00

Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur is the only work of medieval literature still commonly read by laypeople for pleasure. It represents an inflection point for Arthurian literature: it is the primary source to which virtually all adaptation or expansions of Arthurian legend return, and it is the lens through which scholars and amateurs alike have viewed older Arthurian legend for centuries. Come read Le Morte Darthur with me, and discover the adventure, the pathos, the mystery, an the humour of this amazing work.

The King Arthur Course will be divided in three parts, which will not depend on one another. Part One: A Fine Romance will focus on knights errant, ladies and maidens and damsels in distress, courtly romance, and love triangles.

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"The Robin Hood Course" Begins
Jul
28

"The Robin Hood Course" Begins

Robin Hood Course
CA$165.00

Few figures, historical, legendary, or fictional have captured the imagination as profoundly or as lastingly as Robin Hood. Outlaw, trickster, hero, Robin Hood is a character full of contradiction, complexity, and charm. In this course you’ll learn about the origin of Robin Hood stories, interrogate the myth and the history, and learn why centuries later we keep listening to stories about Robin Hood.

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"The Beowulf Course" Begins
Jul
25

"The Beowulf Course" Begins

CA$165.00

In the Old English epic Beowulf, the title character fights three monsters: Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a dragon. Together, we will explore the symbolic meaning of each of these monsters, show what they each have to do with each other, and in the process grapple with the oldest epic in the English language.

View Event →
"The Dracula Course" Begins
Jul
18

"The Dracula Course" Begins

Dracula Course
CA$165.00

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is both a compelling story and a microcosm of Victorian fixations, hangups, obsessions, anxieties. Dracula has stalked the imagination of both literary and popular culture since its publication in 1897, as attested by its enduring popularity and the scores of adaptations that have been made since. Come read this novel with me, and discover both what is so seductive and what is so repulsive about Dracula.

View Event →
"The Odyssey Course" Begins
Jul
14

"The Odyssey Course" Begins

Odyssey Course
CA$165.00

Homer’s Odyssey is, along with the Iliad, one of the two foundational epics of Greek myth and literature. Odysseus’s journey home after the Trojan War, in which he overcomes challenges from apathy to flesh-eating monsters, has captivated readers and listeners for millennia. Now it’s your turn to discover what’s worth knowing about The Odyssey!

View Event →
"The Medieval Werewolves Course" Begins
Jul
11

"The Medieval Werewolves Course" Begins

CA$165.00

Stories of shapeshifters and werewolves go back centuries. Anglo-Norman writer Marie de France writes about Bisclavret in the twelfth century, but although her werewolf is the best-known it is not the only, or even the first tale of werewolf knights in the middle ages. In this course we will discover a number of medieval werewolves, from the moving to the horrifying, and begin to understand what makes werewolves so compelling.

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"The Frankenstein Course" Begins
Jul
4

"The Frankenstein Course" Begins

CA$165.00

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a quintessential gothic novel, a foundational text in the history of science fiction, and a gripping monster story. It is beautiful, horrible, and philosophically engaging, has been continually in print since 1823, and has inspired countless imitations and adaptations. Find out what the fuss is about with me. Whether you’re reading Frankenstein for the first time or the tenth, this fascinating text is worth a closer look.

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"The Game of Thrones Course" Begins
Jun
30

"The Game of Thrones Course" Begins

Game Of Thrones Course
CA$165.00

Game of Thrones is one of the most popular, and hotly debated, tv series of the decade, based on one of the most popular, and hotly debated, fantasy series ever written. Join Dr. Mikayla Hunter for a course exploring the medievalisms of Game of Thrones, from politics to magic, from medieval disability to trial by combat, in this course you’ll unravel of the most delightful complexities and nuances of Game of Thrones.

This course will will assume students have watched the TV series, but will not assume that they have read the books, though differences between the tv series and the novels will be discussed.

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"The Zombies Course" Begins
Jun
27

"The Zombies Course" Begins

CA$165.00

Zombies are modern monsters. Although reanimated corpses and spectres appear in older stories, the zombie as we understand it now did not appear in fiction until the twentieth-century. In this course we will explore film, prose, and comic books to explain what zombie stories tell us about our own times.

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"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins
Jun
20

"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins

CA$89.00

Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made Stevenson’s career as a professional writer and is one of the most memorable and influential horror stories ever written. Join Dr. Paul Moffett in this four-week course exploring this story, the ideas of being split and being doubled, whether good manners are the means by which monstrosity can hide, and more.

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"Pain, Gain, and the Profane: The Overlooked Canterbury Tales" Begins
May
2

"Pain, Gain, and the Profane: The Overlooked Canterbury Tales" Begins

Pain, Gain, and the Profane — The Overlooked Canterbury Tales
CA$165.00

In this course, we will read about half of The Canterbury Tales: the unfinished masterpiece of Geoffrey Chaucer, the most respected and widely read English poet of the middle ages. In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer takes a journey with a group of pilgrims, each of whom tells a story on the road. This frame narrative allows Chaucer to tell a wide range of short stories in different voices and genres, and match each story to its teller.

The Canterbury Tales Course is divided into two parts, and you can take one or both, in either order. This course is Part Two and is focused on the more overlooked Canterbury Tales. If you’ve read some of the Canterbury Tales but not all, we’ll probably be reading the tales you’ve never read before in this course. Overlooked doesn’t mean these aren’t good tales though, and “overlooked” doesn’t mean nobody has read them. They’re just the tales that don’t usually make it onto the short-list when people read some of the Canterbury Tales and not all.

This course includes:
TheGeneral Prologue
The Man of Law's Tale
The Clerk's Tale
The Merchant's Tale
The Physician's Tale
The Shipman's Tale
The Tale of Melibee
The Monk's Tale
The Second Nun's Tale
The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
The Manciple's Tale
The Parson's Tale
Chaucer's Retraction

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"The History of the English Language(s) Course" Begins
Apr
26

"The History of the English Language(s) Course" Begins

History of the English Language(s) Course
CA$165.00

Nū scylun hergan     hefaenrīcaes Uard,
metudæs maecti     end his mōdgidanc,

So begins a short poem traditionally titled Cædmon's Hymn, the oldest poem by a named poet in the English language. How did English go from that to these lines, that open Electric Slide Is Not A Dance, a 2019 poem by Porsha Olayiwola?

I wanna privy you to a little secret. Come close now. Good. So, what you need to know is the electric slide is not a dance. It's a transmission code.

In this eight-week course we will begin with now and look backward, tracing a path from modern English to its early roots.

View Event →
"The Game of Thrones Course" Begins
Apr
25

"The Game of Thrones Course" Begins

Game Of Thrones Course
CA$165.00

Game of Thrones is one of the most popular, and hotly debated, tv series of the decade, based on one of the most popular, and hotly debated, fantasy series ever written. Join Dr. Mikayla Hunter for a course exploring the medievalisms of Game of Thrones, from politics to magic, from medieval disability to trial by combat, in this course you’ll unravel of the most delightful complexities and nuances of Game of Thrones.

This course will will assume students have watched the TV series, but will not assume that they have read the books, though differences between the tv series and the novels will be discussed.

View Event →
"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins
Apr
19

"The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Course" Begins

CA$89.00

Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made Stevenson’s career as a professional writer and is one of the most memorable and influential horror stories ever written. Join Dr. Paul Moffett in this four-week course exploring this story, the ideas of being split and being doubled, whether good manners are the means by which monstrosity can hide, and more.

View Event →
The Robin Hood Course Begins
Apr
18

The Robin Hood Course Begins

Robin Hood Course
CA$165.00

Few figures, historical, legendary, or fictional have captured the imagination as profoundly or as lastingly as Robin Hood. Outlaw, trickster, hero, Robin Hood is a character full of contradiction, complexity, and charm. In this course you’ll learn about the origin of Robin Hood stories, interrogate the myth and the history, and learn why centuries later we keep listening to stories about Robin Hood.

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"The Dracula Course" Begins
Apr
11

"The Dracula Course" Begins

Dracula Course
CA$165.00

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is both a compelling story and a microcosm of Victorian fixations, hangups, obsessions, anxieties. Dracula has stalked the imagination of both literary and popular culture since its publication in 1897, as attested by its enduring popularity and the scores of adaptations that have been made since. Come read this novel with me, and discover both what is so seductive and what is so repulsive about Dracula.

View Event →
"The Medieval Werewolves Course" Begins
Apr
4

"The Medieval Werewolves Course" Begins

CA$165.00

Stories of shapeshifters and werewolves go back centuries. Anglo-Norman writer Marie de France writes about Bisclavret in the twelfth century, but although her werewolf is the best-known it is not the only, or even the first tale of werewolf knights in the middle ages. In this course we will discover a number of medieval werewolves, from the moving to the horrifying, and begin to understand what makes werewolves so compelling.

View Event →