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Department of English Language and Literature
Recovery, escape and consolation in the secondary worlds of The Lord of the Rings
Abstract
dc:description.abstractJ.R.R. Tolkien's essay "On Fairy-Stories" lays out three essential functions that all good fairy stories should fulfil: recovery, escape, and consolation. To carry out these functions, the fairy story needs to create a believable Secondary World that is separate from the Primary World in which we live. In fact, Tolkien does this on two levels: the Secondary World of Middle-earth, and the inner Secondary World of the Elves.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Department of English Language and Literature
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2008
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Hazekamp, Robyn
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Tiffin, Jessica
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10589
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10589