Age: 13+ Middle School, High School 1/8th Credit

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Join Jonathan Rogers on a journey into the literary elements of Narnia in Writing Through the Wardrobe as he teaches students how to improve their own writing. Part of the Creative Writing with Jonathan Rogers series. 

Join author and professor Jonathan Rogers on a creative journey through The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, exploring key literary elements that shape great storytelling. By closely examining C.S. Lewis’s beloved classic, students enhance their own creative writing skills in description, dialogue, concision, and pacing.

Students will:

  • Analyze literary elements such as characterization, dialogue, narrative pacing, and vivid description in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • Develop practical writing techniques inspired by C.S. Lewis’s storytelling methods.
  • Strengthen their creative writing skills through engaging, video-based lessons with expert guidance from Jonathan Rogers.
  • Gain new insights into crafting compelling narratives, applicable to their own creative projects.

This course is perfect for students eager to enhance their creativity by learning from a timeless literary masterpiece.

  • Engaging video lectures
  • Reading assignments
  • Writing prompts

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Supplemental Writing Exercises are included after each video lesson. Purchase of the course enables you to download a document containing all the exercises.

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About Instructor

Jonathan Rogers, PhD

Jonathan Rogers is the author of The Terrible Speed of Mercy, one of the finest biographies of Flannery O’Connor we’ve ever read. His other books include the Wilderking Trilogy–The Bark of the Bog Owl, The Secret of the Swamp King, and The Way of the Wilderking–as well as The World According to Narnia and a biography of Saint Patrick. He has spent most of his adult life in Nashville, Tennessee, where he and his wife Lou Alice are raising a houseful of robustious children. He is featured in Grammar for Writers and Creative Writing.

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Course Includes

  • 19 Lessons
  • 36 Steps
  • Course Certificate