Awakening a World With Words: How J.R.R. Tolkien Uses Linguistic Narrative Techniques to Take His Readers to Faery in His Short Story Smith of Wootton Major.

J.R.R. Tolkien uses specific linguistic narrative techniques in Smith of Wootton Major to make the world of Wootton Major and the nearby land of Faery come to life for his readers. In this thesis, I examine how Tolkien accomplishes this feat by presenting a linguistic analysis of some parts of the story. My analysis is also informed by Tolkien's own ideas of fairy-stories, and as such, it uniquely shows the symbiotic relationship between Tolkien's theories and his narrative art.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Pueppke, Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ross, John Robert, 1938-
• Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
• Mitchell, Philip

• J.R.R. Tolkien
• linguistics
• narrative
• fairy-stories
• Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Smith of Wootton Major.
• Fairy tales in literature.

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Pueppke, Michael
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 191672494
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