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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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc3927
Date08 1900
CreatorsPueppke, Michael
ContributorsRoss, John Robert, 1938-, Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi, Mitchell, Philip
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Pueppke, Michael, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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