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The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien
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BackgroundTolkien had a desire to fill the void created in world literature by the Norman Conquest suppressed English storytelling
traditions. The Norman conquest of England was
the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later William the Conqueror.
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Background
Wanted to answer: What might the lost tales and poems of the English peoples — the Saxons and other tribes — have been like?
Might it be possible to weave these hypothetical narratives into an ambitious work of fantasy?
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Background
It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II. Copyrighted 1955.
It is the second best-selling novel ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.
(Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is first.)
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Effects in Modern Culture
Tolkienesque tropes in the popular culture Fantasy role-playing games best-selling "epic fantasy" novels movie heroes wielding light sabers
against dark lords
these phenomena owe a huge debt to Middle-earth.
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Philology Tolkien imagined what elven tongues
— Quenya and Sindarin — he fashioned them in full.
A brilliant philologist, Tolkien had a gift for devising syllables and syntaxes no one had ever heard before.
The author’s primary motive in creating Middle-earth was to give his invented languages a home.
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About Hobbits
and video
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Allegory and Expectations
Your Theme
Your Motif
Your Symbol
They must all tie into your ALLEGORY
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Allegory and Expectations
Allegory: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Create your own allegory for LOTR. Tie in your theme, motif, and symbol. Be prepared to defend it with quotes, of course.