HUMN 2201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: King James Version, Materialism, Inklings
8 Jun 2018
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Lecture 4
05/16/18
Influences on the Silmarillion
Tolkien’s Abandoned Mythology for England
The Inklings
Lewis’ The Pilgri’s Regress
The Origins of The Hobbit
Influences on the Silmarillion
- The Bible – KJV – struggle between good and evil throughout
- Pagan myths
Tolkie’s Abadoed Mythology for Eglad
- Initially intended to make a mythology about/for England, but eventually abandoned the
aspiration
o Tolkien loved England in particular but also loved Scandaniavian and Finish myths
Inklings
- Group of mostly literar figures ho regularl et, either i Leis’ ollege roos, or a loal pu,
from 1933-1949.
- Membership changed over the years and included Tolkien, Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles
Williams
- Never included women
o “teed fro ulture of os ad idea of fellowship – males and males only can have
a unique close kind of frienship, that women would interfere with (in their minds)
o Few literary women in/around Oxford anyway
- Essentially served two purposes:
o Cultivation and deepening of the friendships of the members
o Forums for reading rough drafts
- Oe of Leis’ logest ad est friedships as ith Arthur Greaes – he was not an Inkling, but
knew each other from childhood til they died.
o Greaves at one point confessed to Lewis that he was gay.
The Pilgri’s Regress (1933)
- Ispired Bua’s Pilgri’s Progress
- About humanities quest for its ultimate purpose
- “trogl shaped/iflueed Leis’ efoud Christia faith
- Argues that both reason and imagination must be integrated into a search for God/Christianity
- “torlie eters aroud Leis’ searh for jo
- Maintains that all of us long for God, whether they know/believe it or not. Inside the human
heart is a void that only God can fill.
- Materialism, Freudian psychology, Englighenment rationalism, Hegelian idealism ---
aspects/influences
- Essential point is that God is the good and only satisfaction for internal longings/to fill the void
inside all humans
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Document Summary
The bible kjv struggle between good and evil throughout. Initially intended to make a mythology about/for england, but eventually abandoned the aspiration: tolkien loved england in particular but also loved scandaniavian and finish myths. Group of mostly literar(cid:455) figures (cid:449)ho regularl(cid:455) (cid:373)et, either i(cid:374) le(cid:449)is" (cid:272)ollege roo(cid:373)s, or a lo(cid:272)al pu(cid:271), from 1933-1949. Membership changed over the years and included tolkien, lewis, owen barfield, charles. Essentially served two purposes: cultivation and deepening of the friendships of the members, forums for reading rough drafts. O(cid:374)e of le(cid:449)is" lo(cid:374)gest a(cid:374)d (cid:271)est frie(cid:374)dships (cid:449)as (cid:449)ith arthur grea(cid:448)es he was not an inkling, but knew each other from childhood til they died: greaves at one point confessed to lewis that he was gay. About humanities quest for its ultimate purpose. Argues that both reason and imagination must be integrated into a search for god/christianity. Maintains that all of us long for god, whether they know/believe it or not.
