ENGL 2810Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, High Fantasy
23 Feb 2016
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Other worlds the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. Roots in folk tales, fair tales, and myths: The cauldron of story has always been boiling, and to it have continually been added new bits, dainty and undainty j. r. r/ tolkien. Some genres use almost no magic at all (for instance, the time-travel or time-slip novel) Leguin pinpoints a key element in successful modern fantasy: the fact that it is really about an inner journey -- let"s even call it a rite of passage and not just a fun adventure. Seconardy world: the other world created by the imagination (can be another world or another time) Secondary words can be open or closed. Closed secondary worlds: self contained; no contact with primary world (middle earth) Open secondary world: contact of some kind with primary world. Implied secondary world: world that intrudes on the primary world. Middle earth is a closed secondary world. There is a passage between worlds a bridge.
