The Lamp-Post Of The Southern California C.S. Lewis Society,
2019
Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
The Lamp-Post Of The Southern California C.S. Lewis Society, Janet Brennan Croft
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Probing The Promise Of Dual-Language Books,
2018
Michigan State University
Probing The Promise Of Dual-Language Books, Lisa M. Domke
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Because dual-language books (DLBs) are written entirely in two languages, they have the potential to help readers develop multilingual literacy skills while acting as cultural and/or linguistic windows and mirrors. However, the ways in which publishers choose words when translating, format languages, and represent cultures have implications for readers in terms of identity, readability, and language learning. This content analysis of 69 U.S. Spanish–English dual-language picturebooks published from 2013–2016 investigated trends in DLBs’ cultural, linguistic, formatting, and readability factors. It also determined these trends’ relationships with publisher types, original publication language, and author and character ethnicity. Findings include that publishers …
Queer Identity Construction In Benjamin Alire Sáenz’S Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe,
2018
Arcadia University
Queer Identity Construction In Benjamin Alire Sáenz’S Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe, Frank Ur
Senior Capstone Theses
Young Adult Literature has been consistently growing in popularity within recent years for its exploration of various topics such as LGBTQ Identity. Specifically, this canon of literature has begun the inclusive process of portraying minority voices and their navigation of queer identity. In this essay I explore Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s young adult novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Specifically, I explore the novel's main character and narrator Aristotle Mendoza. I move to examine the characteristics of machismo, heteronormativity, and internalized homophobia to analyze how Aristotle’s identity is at first made up by these characteristics and how …
Representations Of Immigrants In Young Adult Literature,
2018
Portland State University
Representations Of Immigrants In Young Adult Literature, Frances Augusta Ramos Verbruggen
Dissertations and Theses
This study was conducted to determine how immigrants and the immigration experience are represented in current young adult (YA) literature. In the study, I asked the following questions: Who are the immigrant characters in recent YA books? Why do they come? How do they experience immigration? How are they perceived or treated by others? A content analysis methodology was used to examine, from a critical literacy viewpoint, recent young adult novels with immigration themes. Data were analyzed by identifying and interpreting patterns in themes across 22 YA novels with immigrant protagonists or other important characters, published between 2013 and 2017. …
Epic Adolescence: Contemporary Adolescence In Philip Pullman’S His Dark Materials,
2018
University of Southern Mississippi
Epic Adolescence: Contemporary Adolescence In Philip Pullman’S His Dark Materials, Chloe Felterman
Master's Theses
To find the truth of a societal construct or phenomena, it can help to look at the world of fiction and fantasy. Though this idea may seem ironic or counter-intuitive, one will find that fictional literature can reveal the working order of its respective society. Philip Pullman’s epic fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials, uses and manipulates the traditional constructs of the genre to reflect and re-imagine the concepts of adolescence of the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Eleven-year-old protagonist Lyra Belacqua and subsequently her cohort, Will Perry, reveal the complications and difficulties modern American and British adolescents experience as …
The Audience Of Siblings,
2018
Liberty University
The Audience Of Siblings, Genevieve Weaver
The Kabod
Literature has the unique ability to create an environment where one can address specific issues and hard questions in a comfortable way and at a relevant level. Children’s literature specifically plays a valuable role at a crucial time in the development of children and through this is privy to being used to explore the issues that most children deal with. In reference to the importance of children’s literature acting as a mirror for children, Sims Bishop stated that “literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection, we can see our own lives and experiences …
Discworld And The Disciplines: Critical Approaches To The Terry Pratchett Works Eds. Anne Hiebert Alton And William C. Spruiell,
2018
Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
Discworld And The Disciplines: Critical Approaches To The Terry Pratchett Works Eds. Anne Hiebert Alton And William C. Spruiell, Janet Brennan Croft
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Editorial,
2018
Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
Editorial, Janet Brennan Croft
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Death And Immortality In Middle-Earth. Ed. Daniel Helen.,
2018
retired
Death And Immortality In Middle-Earth. Ed. Daniel Helen., Mike Foster
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Paradise Retold: Lewis's Reimagining Of Milton, Eden, And Eve,
2018
Middle Georgia State University
Paradise Retold: Lewis's Reimagining Of Milton, Eden, And Eve, Benita Huffman Muth
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
C.S. Lewis’ interaction with John Milton’s Paradise Lost, in particular his commentary on and retelling of Milton’s version of the myth of humanity's Fall, allow us to track Lewis’s evolving stance on gender through his changing presentation of Eve-figures. His intertextual interactions with Paradise Lost and Eve change dramatically from A Preface to Paradise Lost and Perelandra to the later The Magician’s Nephew. Lewis’s fragmentation of Eve into multiple characters in The Magician’s Nephew exhibits specifically gendered changes from his early depictions of Eve, reflecting the more nuanced consideration of gender evidenced in Lewis’ later years.
The Hobbit And Tolkien's Mythology Ed. Bradford Lee Eden,
2018
Independent Scholar
The Hobbit And Tolkien's Mythology Ed. Bradford Lee Eden, David L. Emerson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
The Gothic Fairy Tale In Young Adult Literature: Essays On Stories From Grimm To Gaiman Eds. Joseph Abbruscato And Tanya Jones,
2018
University of Utah
The Gothic Fairy Tale In Young Adult Literature: Essays On Stories From Grimm To Gaiman Eds. Joseph Abbruscato And Tanya Jones, Maria Alberto
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Both Sides Of The Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis, Theological Imagination, And Everyday Discipleship Ed. Rob Fennell,
2018
Independent
Both Sides Of The Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis, Theological Imagination, And Everyday Discipleship Ed. Rob Fennell, S. Dorman
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Tolkien: Maker Of Middle-Earth Ed. Catherine Mcilwaine,
2018
Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
Tolkien: Maker Of Middle-Earth Ed. Catherine Mcilwaine, Janet Brennan Croft
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Review of the catalog for the Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibition.
The Complete Fairy Tales By Charles Perrault. Ed. Christopher Betts; And Illustrations By Gustave Doré. The Mabinogion, Translated By Sioned Davies,
2018
Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
The Complete Fairy Tales By Charles Perrault. Ed. Christopher Betts; And Illustrations By Gustave Doré. The Mabinogion, Translated By Sioned Davies, Janet Brennan Croft
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
A review of two titles in the recently reissued Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection.
Poetry And Song In The Works Of J.R.R. Tolkien Ed. Anna Milon,
2018
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Poetry And Song In The Works Of J.R.R. Tolkien Ed. Anna Milon, Diane Joy Baker
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Turning Back The Tides: The Anglo-Saxon Vice Of Ofermod In Tolkien's Fall Of Arthur,
2018
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Turning Back The Tides: The Anglo-Saxon Vice Of Ofermod In Tolkien's Fall Of Arthur, Colin J. Cutler
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Tolkien’s Fall of Arthur has at its heart the theme of ofermod, a theme which appears throughout Tolkien’s criticism and creative work. In his essay “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son,” he argues that the Anglo-Saxon word ofermod in the poem The Battle of Maldon condemns the warband’s leader for an over-reaching pride which places his men in desperate straits. This paper conducts a study of the word and its derivatives in various Anglo-Saxon texts, taking the Microfiche Concordance to Old English as its starting point, and traces Tolkien’s creative use of the theme in both his tales of Middle-earth …
Nazis In The Shire: Tolkien And Satire,
2018
U. of Central Florida (ret.)
Nazis In The Shire: Tolkien And Satire, Jerome Donnelly
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
The comedy of manners satire that appears in the early pages and conclusion of The Hobbit gives way to a more serious satire in the penultimate chapter of The Lord of the Rings. “The Scouring of the Shire” is not allegorical, but Tolkien’s remarks on “applicability” facilitate critical analysis of the chapter’s satire. Well-known features of Nazism appear in the occupation of the Shire by “Ruffians,” men who tyrannize with egregious regimentation, enforce ever-expanding rules, and who regard the hobbits as belonging to an inferior race. The use of collaborators, threats, torture and killing of dissenters, and internment that …
Tolkien's Gimpy Heroes,
2018
Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI
Tolkien's Gimpy Heroes, Victoria Holtz Wodzak
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Tolkien, as an invalided survivor of The Somme, was well aware of the prevalence of disabled soldiers and the difficult life they faced in post-war England. He reflects many of their difficulties in his depictions of war survivors in The Children of Húrin and in The Lord of the Rings.
A Cloud Of Witnesses: External Mediation In Frodo’S Journey To Rivendell And Beyond,
2018
Towson University
A Cloud Of Witnesses: External Mediation In Frodo’S Journey To Rivendell And Beyond, Carl P. Olson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Applies Rene Girard’s mimetic theory to a study of Frodo’s motivations and role models in the early phases of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien’s incorporation of extensive background material deepens our understanding of his main characters, most of all his central hero, Frodo. Commonly described as “role-models,” external mediators work to pacify relations in a community, and act to endow individuals with meaning, purpose, and direction they otherwise would not have. By the imitation of role-models, Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry become real to Tolkien’s readers by comparison and contrast to Bilbo Baggins, Gildor and his high elves, …
