《权力的游戏》走进大学课堂

Why is winter coming? Why does Jon Snow know nothing? And why is Littlefinger called Littlefinger?
为什么凛冬将至？为什么琼恩·雪诺什么都不知道？为什么小指头被叫做小指头？

If you're completely obsessed with all things Game of Thrones then this might just be the course for you, although you may not find the answers to all the questions above.
如果你完全痴迷于《权力的游戏》中的一切事物，那么这个课程可能就是为你量身打造的，尽管你可能没有找到以上所有问题的答案。

The University of British Columbia in Canada has launched a new course for students which will examine George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books and the hit HBO series.
加拿大的英属哥伦比亚大学（University of British Columbia）为学生开设了一门新课，这门课程将研究乔治·R·R·马丁的《冰与火之歌》系列小说和美国 家庭影院频道HBO的热播剧《权力的游戏》。

'Our Modern Medieval: The Song of Ice and Fire as contemporary Medievalism' is one of the modules English literature students can choose from at the university.
“现代的中世纪：作为当代中世纪主义的《冰与火之歌》”是英国文学专业学生在英属哥伦比亚大学可以选择的学习单元之一。

Students will be encouraged to "examine the role of the medieval in the popular consciousness of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries" as part of the course.
学校鼓励学生研究中世纪在20世纪末和21世纪初的大众意识中发挥的作用，并将其作为大学课程的一部分。

"Throughout the history of western culture, the medieval has been continually reimagined to reflect, as in a mirror darkly, the fears and desires of the contemporary moment," the website explains.
课程介绍页面解释称，“纵观整个西方文化史，中世纪就像在模糊的镜子里，不断被重新构想来反映当代的恐惧与欲望”。

"For the writers of the Renaissance, the medieval was the abject other from which the rebirth of classical learning had liberated them, while the Victorians found in the Middle Ages archetypical structures of Empire and class-orientated chivalry."
对文艺复兴时期（Renaissance）的作家来说，与解放他们的古典学习的重生不同，中世纪是糟糕透顶的年代，维多利亚时代的作家则在中世纪（Middle Ages）发现了典型的帝国结构和等级分明的骑士制度。

Anyone looking to enrol on the course must have read the five books of the series so far and also be fully up-to-date with the TV series.
想要学习此课程的学生必须通读过《冰与火之歌》系列的全部五本书，同时还必须完全跟上《权力的游戏》电视剧集的最新进度。

Other bizarre courses you can study at university include Baking Technology Management, Viking Studies and Surf Science.
其它可以在大学学习的奇葩课程包括烘焙工艺管理学、北欧海盗研究和冲浪学。

This year, a university in Vancouver also began offering a course on marijuana management.
今年，温哥华的一所大学还开始开设一门大麻管理学课程。

Vocabulary

medieval：中世纪的

module：主修课的一个学习单元

Renaissance：文艺复兴时期

abject：糟糕透顶的

Victorian：维多利亚时代的人(尤指作家)

archetypical：典型的

chivalry：骑士制度