Fantasy Literature and Christianity: Morality in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit

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Fantasy Literature and Christianity: Morality in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit

Sanja Pavić (2012)

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Pavić, S. (2012). Fantasy Literature and Christianity: Morality in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:221965

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Pavić, Sanja. "Fantasy Literature and Christianity: Morality in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:221965

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Pavić, S. (2012). 'Fantasy Literature and Christianity: Morality in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 21 May 2019, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:221965

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Pavić S. Fantasy Literature and Christianity: Morality in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2012 [cited 2019 May 21] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:221965

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S. Pavić, "Fantasy Literature and Christianity: Morality in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2012. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:221965

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Title	Fantasy Literature and Christianity: Morality in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit
Title (croatian)	Kršćanski elementi u fantastičnoj književnosti: pitanja morala u "Gospodaru prstenova" i "Hobbitu" J. R. R. Tolkiena
Author	Sanja Pavić
Mentor	Ljubica Matek (mentor)
Committee member	Jasna Poljak Rehlicki (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee member	Ljubica Matek (član povjerenstva)
Committee member	Jadranka Zlomislić (član povjerenstva)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2012-09-17, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Theory and History of Literature
Abstract	Tolkien invested almost twenty years of work to create his masterpieces - The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, and its predecessor, The Hobbit. He created a world of imagination and mythical powers that is so intrinsically close to our real world. Using the elements of good and evil, Tolkien presents us the relation between Christian values and his characters, demonstrating great knowledge of mythology and a complexity of language. Once more the forces of good will conquer the evil and those who deserve to suffer will be punished. Raised in a profound Christian spirit, and through the influence of Greek and Norse mythology, he combines history, legend, and myth into the unique world of his own religion and mythology. There is a constant similarity between Tolkien’s characters and the ones from the Norse mythology, which depicts his admiration and fascination with the concept of mythology and the complexity of the language itself. Tolkien’s stories are not just another imaginary fiction, something you use simply for amusement. Because of their religious connotations and metaphoric representation of English society, his stories are of much greater universal human value for every reader. Although he was not the first publisher of the fantasy genre, it was the great success of his novels - The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings that led to the vast popularization of the genre. Because of that fact, he is often identified as the “father” of the popular fantasy literature, especially high fantasy.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:221965
Study programme	Title: Engleski jezik i književnost (dvopredmetni); smjerovi: nastavnički, filološki, prevoditeljski Study programme type: sveučilišni Study level: diplomski Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: Filozofija (dvopredmetni); smjerovi: nastavnički Study programme type: sveučilišni Study level: diplomski Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije filozofije (magistar/magistra edukacije filozofije)
Type of resource	text
File origin	Born digital
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