scholarly journals Między wzniosłością a upodleniem. Obrazowanie oraz znaczenie śmierci w fantasy przygodowej i mitopoetyckiej

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 75-91
Author(s):  
Joanna Płoszaj
Keyword(s):  
Fantasy Literature ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Lord Of The Rings ◽  
Literary Images ◽  
Moral Condition ◽  
Biological Aspects ◽  
Sword And Sorcery ◽  
Plot Structure

Literary images and functions of death in sword and sorcery and mythopoeic fantasyThis article presents and compares methods of description of death in two primary variants of fantasy literature: sword and sorcery and mythopoeic fantasy. The focus is on works of the precursors of  fantasy literature — Robert E. Howard Conan the Barbarian series and John R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, and texts of authors who creatively developed two primary types of fantasy literature — Fritz Leiber Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser cycle and Ursula K. Le Guin Earthsea cycle.The analysis is divided into two parts. The first one describes methods of presentation of death and their functions in sword and sorcery literature. In this variant of fantasy many literary images of death can be found, which focus particularly on its biological aspects. The next part shows analogical elements in mythopoeic fantasy, where the descriptions of death are inspired by the medieval chansons de geste.The article shows important differences between methods of presenting of death in sword and sorcery and mythopoeic fantasy and between functions of death in this two primary types of fantasy literature. In sword and sorcery the descriptions of death have great importance in the adventure plot structure, because they are connected with activities and adventures of the main character. In mythopoeic fantasy the kind of a character’s death often shows moral condition of this character. Moreover, death in mythopoeic fantasy is important for the balance and stability of created world.

scholarly journals Krew i brud. Uwagi na temat estetyki oraz poetyki opisów śmierci w cyklu o wiedźminie Andrzeja Sapkowskiego

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 127-149
Author(s):  
Joanna Płoszaj
Keyword(s):  
Fantasy Literature ◽  
Lord Of The Rings ◽  
The Third ◽  
Narrative Perspective ◽  
Literary Images ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Sword And Sorcery ◽  
The Impact

Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher series is the first Polish fantasy series that has gained so much popularity. When Sapkowski published his first story — The Witcher — in 1986, fantasy literature wasn’t well-known in Poland. In fact Polish readers, who were interested in fantasy, would mainly know John R.R. Tolkien’s novels like The Hobbit, Or Thete and Back Again, The Lord of the Rings or Silmarillion, all belonging to mythopoeic fantasy. Sapkowski’s story was vastly different from them, because the Polish author referred to sword and sorcery literature, which at that time was little-known in Poland. He created an interesting protagonist and a dark, vicious world, full of violence and graphic descriptions of death. It appears that one of the main factors having an influence on the huge popularity of the series, may be the attempt to shock the reader by using a unique construction of the presented world, which contains a lot of graphic violent imagery. This article presents those methods of description of death and violence in The Witcher series to present why they are so interesting to the readers and what makes them stand out from the rest of similar descriptions in Polish fantasy literature. The analysis is divided into several parts. The first part presents the influence of Sapkowski’s debut story on Polish fantasy literature. The second part contains the analysis of the dynamics of descriptions of death. The third and the fourth focus on showing the individualisation of death in The Witcher series and on detail exposure. The next part presents the narrative treatments used by Sapkowski to increase the impact of the literary images of death, for example changes of a narrative perspective. The last part of the article presents naturalistic elements of the descriptions and explains what functions they perform in the text.

scholarly journals Motyw łabędzia w filmach „Piknik pod wiszącą skałą” Petera Weira i „Czarny łabędź” Darrena Aronfsky’ego

2014 ◽  
pp. 179-214
Author(s):  
Paulina Margas
Keyword(s):  
Black Swan ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Swan Lake ◽  
Initiation Process ◽  
Plot Structure ◽  
Darren Aronofsky

In the article there are described methods and functions of swan motif used in films Picnic at Hanging Rock by Peter Weir and Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky. In the work of Australian director very important on that matter are the following: the main character (Miranda), pictorial intertexts, plot structure and some of the formal elements. In Black Swan various connections between the film and Peter Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake are crucial. In the article there is also presented initiation process of both film characters, which is important for the swan motif. It is an area of comparison of these relatively different works as well. Last part of the article discusses elements of kitsch in the mentioned motif (because of considerable amount of it in low standard art) and tries to prove that methods of exploiting the swan motif by both Peter Weir and Darren Aronofsky are far from kitsch.

scholarly journals REPRESENTASI KEARIFAN LOKAL MASYARAKAT BANGKA DALAM CERITA RAKYAT BANDAR AKEK ANTAK (Representation of Bangkanese People Local Wisdom in Bandar Akek Antak Story)

Sirok Bastra ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurjanah Nurjanah ◽  
Yurdayanti Yurdayanti
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Research Assessment ◽  
Structural Studies ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Qualitative Review ◽  
Plot Structure

AbstrakTujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui representasi kearifan lokal masyarakat Bangka melalui cerita rakyat Bandar Akek Antak. Pendekatan peneltian yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kualitatif deangan menggunakan kajian struktural. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif karena data yang dikumpulkan berbentuk kata atau gambar. Data dalam penelitian kualitatif berupa teks cerita rakyat Bandar Akek Antak. Pendekatan kualitatif digunakan agar dapat mengungkap kearifan lokal masyarakat Bangka yang tersurat maupun tersirat dari cerita rakyat Bandar Akek Antak. Hasil analisis meliputi dua tingkat yakni analisis struktural cerita rakyat dan analisis representasi kearifan lokal. Terdapat struktur plot, sudut pandang, latar, serta penokohan. Representasi kearifan lokal masyarakat Bangka dalam cerita Bandar Akek Antak digambarkan dengan sikap pekerja keras dalam berkebun, melakukan musyawarah mufakat dalam menyelesaikan masalah melalui karakter tokoh Antak sebagai tokoh utama dan karakter tokoh lainnya. Nilai pendidikan karakter terdapat dalam cerita Bandar Akek Antak yakni karakter religius, jujur, disiplin, kerja keras, kreatif, mandiri, serta tanggung jawab.Kata kunci: kearifan lokal, cerita rakyat, struktural AbstractThe research objective is to study the representation of local wisdom of the Bangkanese people through the folklore of Bandar Akek Antak. The research assessment used is a qualitative review using structural structure studies. This study describes descriptive, presented thus because the data collected in the form of words or images. The data in this qualitative research are in the form of Bandar Akek Antak folklore text. Qualitative guidelines are used with the aim of expressing the local wisdom of the Bangka people expressed or implied by the Bandar Akek Antak folklore with structural studies. The results of the analysis include two levels of analysis namely structural analysis of folklore and analysis of representation of local wisdom. There is a plot structure, point of view, setting, and characterization. Representation of local wisdom of the Bangka people in the Bandar Akek Antakutih story with the attitude of hard workers in gardening, holding consensus in solving problems through Antak's character as the main character and other characters. The value of character education contained in the Bandar Akek Antak story is religious, honest, disciplined, hard working, creative, independent, and responsible.Keywords: local wisdom, folklore, structural

scholarly journals The sacralisation of popular culture as adolescent lived spirituality

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Apostolides
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Fantasy Literature ◽  
Lord Of The Rings ◽  
Star Wars ◽  
Film Series ◽  
Lived Theology ◽  
Sacred Canopy ◽  
Urban Fantasy

Many adolescents are drawn to the fantasy, science fiction and urban fantasy genres (movies and books), genres whose main characters include witches, wizards, vampires, ghosts, angels, demons, aliens and various other supernatural beings and events. Books and movies such as The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings (film series), Harry Potter (film series), X-Files, Twilight (film series), Star Wars (film series), and so on, are not only fervently consumed by some adolescents but have also, in some instances, been sacralised by adolescents (see Hopper 2005:116, McAvan 2012:5–10, Kirby 2013:2). In this article it will be argued that the reason for this, is that adolescents while questioning their identities and exploring their spiritualties, need a ‘safe spiritual space’ for this journey, one which may be related as something akin to what Berger termed the ‘sacred canopy’ where order can keep chaos at bay (Berger 1967: 51). This article will build on a lived theology perspective of how the divine can be experienced in the sources offered by popular culture texts that may become a ‘sacred canopy’ under which the adolescents can express their spiritual journeys.This article hopes to contribute to the facilitation of more conversations taking place amongst parents, pastors and teachers on the importance of allowing adolescents more freedom in what movies and books they are allowed to see and read. These conversations may also be employed by pastors, parents and teachers as conversation openers with adolescents who are often reluctant to open up about topics that they find difficult to discuss. Osmer and Salazar-Newton (2014:70) encourage the church to ‘think of ways it can take advantage of the interest of children and youth in fantasy literature,’ on their spiritual life journeys.

scholarly journals Hobbits, Hogwarts, and the Heavens: The use of fantasy literature and film in astronomy outreach and education

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S260) ◽  
pp. 306-310
Author(s):  
Kristine Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Harry Potter ◽  
Fantasy Literature ◽  
Science Centers ◽  
Lord Of The Rings ◽  
Philip Pullman ◽  
His Dark Materials ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
Chronicles Of Narnia ◽  
Education And Outreach ◽  
Literature And Film

AbstractDue in part to recent (and ongoing) film adaptations, the fantasy series of C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia), J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter), Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials), and J.R.R. Tolkien (The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings) are being introduced to a new audience. Many astronomers and astronomy educators are unaware of the wide variety of astronomical references contained in each series, and the myriad possible uses of these works in astronomy education and outreach. This paper highlights activities which educators, planetariums, and science centers have already developed to utilise these works in their education and outreach programs.

scholarly journals COMMON AND DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE PROTAGONIST HERO IN FOLKTALE AND FANTASY (BASED ON PROTAGONIST HEROES IN THE WORKS OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN AND NATO DAVITASHVILI)

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
Tamar Katamadze
Keyword(s):  
Main Idea ◽  
Fantasy Literature ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Lord Of The Rings ◽  
The World ◽  
Own Name

The article deals with the main functions of the protagonist hero in the fantasy literature. Fantasy literature is similar to folktale not only due to the fact that it contains magic and supernatural elements. By comparing the functions of fantasy protagonist hero with the functions of folktale protagonist hero, described by V. Propp in “Morphology of the Folktale”, it can be noticed that they have many similarities. The article discusses two main fantasy heroes: Frodo Baggins (J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”) and Lile Iroeli (Nato Davitashvili’s “The story of Lile Iroeli”). By comparing them, can be concluded that the basic traits of functions of protagonist hero in both, English and Georgian literary works come out from folktale roots. Thus, the protagonist leaves home, he is given a task, he is tested, attacked, he acquires a magical weapon, he defeats and punishes the villain, the hero is married or ascends the throne.In the model of functions in question, we can insert the heroes of both types and still the main idea of the stories will be presented. However, both protagonists being in the fantasy story have acquired some other functions we do not meet in the folktale. The task given to both heroes is to save the world from an evil villain, who wants to rule the whole world. Consequently, fantasy protagonist fights against the global enemy. Both heroes are not as courageous as the heroes of the folktale are. They have helpers, closest friends who support them in crucial moments. They have wise mentors, who give them tasks and the fellowship of other heroes, including invented creatures or speaking animals. Each hero of the fantasy genre is given his own name, as opposed to the folktale where the heroes have generalized names: the old man, stepmother, princess, king etc.In conclusion, the article presents functions of fantasy protagonist character, who takes the roots from folktale, but in the development of new genre it has acquired other distinctive elements, which distinguish him from the folktale protagonist hero.

scholarly journals Anthroponyms in Fantasy Fiction and Computer Games: Approaches to Translation

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 558-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei G. Fomin ◽  
Vladislav I. Chobotar
Keyword(s):  
Computer Games ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Fantasy Literature ◽  
Classification Models ◽  
Lord Of The Rings ◽  
Fantasy Fiction ◽  
Research Material

The following article examines the ways of translation of anthroponyms from English to Russian in fantasy fiction and computer games. The purpose of the study is to analyze and compare the anthroponyms translation variants in the literary text. In the following article works of Russian and foreign scientists in the context of anthroponimics were used, the usage of classification models was taken up, comparative analysis and functional analysis were used. The following study can be used in textbooks, in the process of translation and localization of fantasy fiction and computer games. The research material involves translations of anthroponyms of fantasy literature cycles (Harry Potter, The Song of Ice and Fire, The Lord of the Rings) and fantasy role-playing computer game "World of Warcraft". Particular patterns of anthroponyms translation were shown in terms of early and modern translations.

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