EN119 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hobbit, One Ring, Tree Automaton
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Week 4 lecture 1 january 29th, 2013. The style, shape of the house (bungalow, mansion etc. Overall style and shape: this is genre. Skeletal structure, the bones, for the house: overarching structure. Motifs, symbols, perspective: added to your home, to make it more unique and appealing, ex. Tone of wonder: lighting choices, placement of furniture, creates tone, an atmosphere in the house, how do the authors create the colours" in the narrative. Secondary world creation through combination of: familiar and fantastic. Knowledge; wisdom; power; control; the unknowable; mystery; what is hidden or scret. Wizard, wiseman (someone who does the magic), a staff, wand, ring (what does the magic) The ring helps him bring out these characteristics. Fundamental qualities of a thing: shining truth emerges at the core of the fantasy. The combination of the familiar and the fantastic and the creation of secondary worlds: the working of the ring in the hobbit.
