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Tolkien Society Seminar: Tolkien's Odysseys - Middle-Earth and Beyond
| Location: | Australia |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2010-07-16 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-04-14 |
| Announcement ID: |
175593 |
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We invite people from Australia and abroad with an interest in Tolkien to submit a paper for consideration. The theme of odysseys is wide-ranging in scope and can cover not only various aspects of odysseys in the works of Tolkien but also the trials and tribulations of Tolkien's own life in his quest to produce his own 'British'' mythology.
Some potential topics for consideration might be:
- The odysseys or journeys of individual characters (e.g. Bilbo, Frodo, Turin or Beren) and groups (e.g. The Fellowship)
- The physical and spiritual development of characters from all of Tolkien's works
- Plot development in The Lord of The Rings
- The use of 'journey' as a plot device
- Change for good, evil or both
- Odyssey - predestination and the influences on choice
- J.R.R. Tolkien's own personal odyssey in regards to not only the development of his stories, but also his life, particularly the influence of war
- Homer's Odyssey - the parallels
Format: Papers should be either 20 or 45 minutes long to fit into half-hour or hour slots with time for questions or discussion. There may also be scope to accommodate a number of short 10-minute presentations. It is intended that there will be two morning sessions and one afternoon session between 9.30am and 4pm.
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