List of fictional schools
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St Trinnean's Academy for Young Ladies was one of the real-life inspirations for the fictional girls' school of St Trinian's
This is a list of fictional schools as portrayed in various media.
Literature[]
- Camden College
- Chalet School, in books by Elinor Brent-Dyer
- Greyfriars School, in books by Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards
- The Little Female Academy, in Sarah Fielding's 1754 book.[2]
- Lowood Institution, in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Malory Towers, in books by Enid Blyton
- Miskatonic University
- St Trinian's School, in comic books by Ronald Searle and later films
- Sweet Valley High
Comics[]
- Hudson University
Film[]
Television[]
- Ackley Bridge College in Channel 4's television drama series, Ackley Bridge, set in the fictional Yorkshire mill town of Ackley Bridge[3]
- For-Profit Online University
- Grange Hill School in BBC's television drama series, Grange Hill, set in the fictional North London borough of Northam[4]
- Hudson University
- Mars University
- Pembroke University, a small university "in what seems like New England", the setting for 2021 Netflix series The Chair[5][6]
Others[]
- Starfleet Academy, located in San Francisco, California in the fictional Star Trek universe.
Magic schools[]
A magic school is an institution for learning magic, appearing in works of fantasy depicting worlds in which magic exists and in which there is an organized society of magicians or wizards who pass on their knowledge systematically. It may also be a school that is magically protected or a Faculty of Magic in a university which also teaches other subjects. More loosely, also a place where a single wizard teaches an apprentice can count as a magic school.
Folklore[]
- The Black School, where the Icelandic priest and scholar Sæmundr fróði supposedly learned magic from the Devil[7]
- Domdaniel
- The Cave at Salamanca where the Devil supposedly taught,[8][9] among others, Pope Sylvester II
- The Scholomance, a legendary school of black magic in Transylvania[10][11]
In a series[]
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Arcanix in Aundair from the Eberron campaign setting[12][13]
- Morgrave University in Sharn from the Eberron campaign setting[12][13]
- Soltryce Academy in Rexxentrum, the capital of the Dwendalian Empire, from the Wildemount campaign setting; premiered in Critical Role's second campaign[14]
- Sorcere, part of the Academy of Menzoberranzan, where drow mages learn magic; from the Forgotten Realms campaign setting[15][16]
- Strixhaven, a magical university located in the plane of Arcavios from the Magic: The Gathering multiverse[17][18]
- Harry Potter series
- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland
- Beauxbatons Academy of Magic in France
- Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning between the border of Norway and Sweden
- Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in North America[19]
- Uagadou in Africa[19]
- Mahoutokoro in Japan[19]
- Castelobruxo (pronounced cah-stelo-bru-sho) Amazon rainforest in Brazil[19]
- Koldovstoretz in Russia[20]
Others[]
- Aethergarde Academy: Ark of the Youth & Mystic Arts in Aetherholmes, New Philippines, a magic school featured in Aethergarde Academy by . This is the only mystical university that exists in the fictional version of the Philippines called the Nuevas Filipinas II/New Philippines. Youth of only the age of 18 in a certain year are allowed to enter once annunciated as a surgent (mystical-blooded human) after the results of genetic & psychological examinations on the Hallmarking Day.
- Toadblatt's Summer School of Sorcery in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- Burg Magic School, featured in Lunar: Walking School and its remake Magic School Lunar!
- Balamb Garden, a magic school featured in Final Fantasy VIII. Other "gardens" in this game include Galbadia Garden and Trabia Garden.
- Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, a fictional college in The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Located on the Hudson in upstate New York, near West Point. It is the only school of magic in North America. Of other schools, there is at least one in South America, located in the Argentinian pampas. In Europe there are three schools - in the UK, in Zurich, and at a Medieval keep in the Carpathians. There are four schools in Asia, one of them on Rishiri Island off the coast of Hokkaido, and one in New Zealand.
- Carthak University, in Tamora Pierce's Tortall books. Her books in the Circle universe also have a school of magic in the Winding Circle community.
- , a location in the Charmed television series
- Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches from The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy
- Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies in American Horror Story
- Roanoke Academy for the Sorcerous Arts in The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin by L. Jagi Lamplighter
- The School of Magic on Roke Island from Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea cycle
- Veritas, the hidden magical university inside Harvard in The Siren and the Sword and other books of the Magic University series by Cecilia Tan
- Unseen University in the Discworld books of Terry Pratchett
- Will O' Wisp Academy in Magical Starsign
- Wizard's Hall, in the eponymous novel by Jane Yolen
- Magicians' Guild / University from series by Trudi Canavan
- The Colleges of Magic, from Warhammer Fantasy
- The University, from The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss teaches magic among various other subjects
- University of Rhiannon, granting its graduates the degree of "Magister in the field of Magic", in Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson
- University of Salamanca Faculty of Magic in The Charwoman's Shadow by Lord Dunsany
See also[]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Photographic reproduction of Dotheboys Hall, Bowes, 1841, British Library, 1841
- ^ Clark, Beverley Lyon; Shankar, Lavina Dhingra (October 1994), "When Women Tell Tales About School", Studies in Popular Culture: 17–20, JSTOR 23413787
- ^ Bley Griffiths, Eleanor (25 June 2019). "When is Ackley Bridge on TV? Who's in the cast and what's going to happen?". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Grange Hill makes Mersey debut". BBC. 28 January 2003. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ Mangan, Lucy (20 August 2021). "The Chair review – Sandra Oh is first class in moreish university satire". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Millman, Zosha (20 August 2021). "Netflix's 'The Chair' Skewers Liberal Arts Education". Bustle. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Mitchell, Stephen A. (2011). Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 225, n30, 260, n25. ISBN 978-0-8122-0371-4. OCLC 794700632.
- ^ Waxman, Samuel Montefiore (1916). Chapters on Magic in Spanish Literature. imprimerie F. Paillart. p. 77.
- ^ Thorpe, Benjamin (1852). Northern Mythology, Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands: Compiled from Original and Other Sources. North German and Netherlandish popular traditions and superstitions. Lumley. p. 63.
- ^ Miller, Elizabeth (2005). Bram Stoker's Dracula: A Documentary Volume. Detroit: Thomson Gale. p. 183. ISBN 0-7876-6841-9. OCLC 56050978.
- ^ Majuru, Adrian (2006), "Khazar Jews. Romanian History And Ethnography", Plural Magazine, 27: 234
- ^ a b "D&D: Fantastic Locations In The Eberron Campaign". TheGamer. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ a b Baker, Keith (2004). Eberron: Campaign Setting. Bill Slavicsek, James Wyatt. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 978-0-7869-3274-0. OCLC 55943911.
- ^ Mercer, Matthew (2020). Explorer's Guide to Wildemount. James Haeck, James Introcaso, Chris Lockey, Even Amundsen. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 978-0-7869-6691-2. OCLC 1139657849.
- ^ James, Brian R. (2012). Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue. Eric Menge. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast LLC. ISBN 978-0-7869-6036-1. OCLC 808135830.
- ^ "D&D: With Menzoberranzan Getting An Update Here's Where It Once Stood - An Adventurer's Guide". Bell of Lost Souls. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ Nelson, Samantha (December 6, 2021). "D&D's Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos understands what makes college memorable". Polygon. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Strixhaven, Magic: The Gathering's Newest Set, Is Hogwarts Without The Terf". Kotaku. February 19, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ^ a b c d Hughes, WilliM (January 30, 2016). "J.K. Rowling announces four new wizarding schools you'll never get to attend". AV Club. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Wonderbook: Book of Potions
Sources[]
- Alexander H. Pitofsky (2014), American Boarding School Fiction, 1928-1981, McFarland, ISBN 9780786478651
- Nancy G. Rosoff; Stephanie Spencer (2019), British and American School Stories, 1910–1960, Springer, ISBN 9783030059866
- Jeffrey Richards (1988), Happiest Days: The Public Schools in English Fiction, Manchester University Press, ISBN 9780719027758
- Silke Braselmann (2019), The Fictional Dimension of the School Shooting Discourse, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, ISBN 9783110649017
- Jo Keroes (1999), Tales Out of School, SIU Press, ISBN 9780809322381
- L. Spolton (1963), "The Secondary School in Post‐war Fiction", British Journal of Educational Studies, 11 (2): 125–141, doi:10.1080/00071005.1963.9973093
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