Announcement of our Winter 2026 Trivium: Art of Grammar course, in which we investigate the foundations of the English language (and language generally) through a rigorous study of syntax and semantics.
Description
In the Foundations course, we will focus our study upon the fundamentals of grammar, principles of vocabulary, and the art of diagramming. These three elements, comprised within this course, will teach us to see language in a clear and reflective manner, disentangling us from the contemporary confusions and bad habits which pervade our communication-saturated environment. Grasping the principles behind linguistic structure through our analytical study will greatly improve our skills at reading. This course will also prepare us for both Logic I and Rhetoric I, which courses, in turn, better prepare us for Grammar II.
This course will teach you to re-think language—to see grammar and the nature of language use in a different and more-human light. Successful study will also improve your reading—making you a more insightful reader of complex texts by gaining habits of analysis and insight.
Students will be presented with weekly homework assignments that turn understanding into habit and bring new vision to the English language.
Details
This course includes eight weekly readings, lectures, homework assignments and two live class sessions per week. The class sessions are recorded but should be attended to fully participate. One should own a physical copy of the Robert Fitzgerald translation of Virgil’s Aeneid (paperback) (hardcover). Our primary text, Linguistic Signification (2nd edition), is available for purchase as a paperback but will also be made available to all participants as a free PDF.
This and all Trivium courses are only available to enrolled members.
Live classes occur on Mondays at 06:00pm–07:00pm ET (see world times here) and Tuesdays at 12:00pm–1:00pm ET (world times), beginning on January 12/13 and running until March 9/10 (with a break on February 9/10). Find more details in the syllabus and enroll in the Lyceum today!
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