J.R.R. Tolkien’s sub-creation theory: literary creativity as participation in the divine creation
J.R.R. Tolkien is recognized as one of the great literary creators of fantastic worlds. The English author added to his literary work a reflection on the role of the fantasy writer in his theory of sub-creation. This literary theory –exhibited mainly in his essay ‘On Fairy-Stories’ and in his letter...
| Τόπος έκδοσης: | Church, Communication and Culture |
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Taylor & Francis
2021
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Church, Communication and Culture
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CD Χριστιανισμός και Πολιτισμός KCB Πάπας KDB Καθολική Εκκλησία ΝΒD Δόγμα της Δημιουργίας RH Κήρυγμα Ευαγγελίου, Χριστιανικά Μέσα |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Tolkien
B John Paul II B ARTISTIC creation B Literature B Creation B sub-creation |
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| Σύνοψη: | J.R.R. Tolkien is recognized as one of the great literary creators of fantastic worlds. The English author added to his literary work a reflection on the role of the fantasy writer in his theory of sub-creation. This literary theory –exhibited mainly in his essay ‘On Fairy-Stories’ and in his letters– is based on the author's own cosmovision, clearly influenced by his Catholicism, and contemplates literary creation as an analogy of divine creation. This article deals with the Christian foundation present in the idea of participation in Creation that we find in Tolkien's theory of sub-creation. It proposes an overview of the main theological questions that support this participation, taking especially into account the contribution that John Paul II makes on this issue in his ‘Letter to Artists’. |
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| ISSN: | 2375-3242 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Church, Communication and Culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23753234.2021.1886860 |