The Silmarillion: Who Speaks?
The Silmarillion: Who Speaks? captures and analyzes data on dialogue, indirect speech, speech acts, and silence within The Silmarillion.
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The Loremasters of Fëanor: Historical Bias in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien and Transformative Works
Published on 13 June 2015 | Conference Paper
Tolkien's Silmarillion contains a pseudohistorical narrator who brings his bias to bear on much of the Quenta Silmarillion. Tolkienfic writers often prefer the characters disfavored by the narrator, using their fanworks to construct an alternate and sometimes corrective narrative from the points of view of characters subject to negative bias.
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Topic: Fandom Culture
Characters: No characters listed.
Fictional Scholarship: How the Peter Jackson Films and Fandom Archives Make Tolkien Fan Fiction Writers into Competent Critics
Published on 21 March 2015 | Article
Fanfiction functions critically for its writers, and two features of the Tolkienfic fandom--the predominance of Peter Jackson's movies and its variety of Tolkien-specific archives--have helped to hone these critical faculties. Published in Mythprint.
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Topic: Fandom Culture, Fandom History
Characters: No characters listed.
We Are Fëanor? Thoughts on Reading Moral Ambiguity into the Characterizations of the Fëanorians
Published on 8 March 2015 | Essay
Reflecting on my experiences as a teacher at an alternative school and my fascination with the Fëanorians, I conclude that the question of what turns a person to violence is one of the most pressing--and frightening--to explore in fiction.
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Topic: Personal Essay, Tolkien Studies
Characters: Fëanor
In a Stone House by the Sea: The Founding and Governing of the Silmarillion Writers' Guild
Published on 1 March 2015 | Essay
The history of the Silmarillion Writers' Guild and a day in the life of its owner: me.
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Topic: Fandom History
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Transformative Works as a Means to Develop Critical Perspectives in the Tolkien Fan Community
Published on 10 January 2015 | Conference Paper
This paper discusses how unique features of the Tolkien fanfiction community prepare its authors to function at a high level in critically discussing Tolkien's texts.
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Topic: Fandom Culture, Fandom History
Characters: No characters listed.