IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 221: J. R. R. Tolkien as a Medievalist
Monday 11 July 2005, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Seminar für Englische Philologie, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Mainz |
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| Organiser: | Rainer Nagel, Department of English & Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alexandra Velten, Seminar für Englische Philologie, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Mainz |
| Paper 221-a | Words that Might Have Been: Fictitious Word-Formation from Medieval Sources (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 221-b | Tolkien and the Teutons (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English, Literacy and Orality |
| Paper 221-c | Tolkien's Rohirrim: Anglo-Saxons, Norsemen, or Something Else Entirely (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Abstract | With all the hype about the Lord of the Rings films, the fact that J. R. R. Tolkien was one of the most eminent mediaevalists of his time is often overlooked in favour of his literary works. The session is intended to blend these two issues by showing just how Tolkien's work as a mediaevalist shaped the rest of his publications, be it on the lexical level (1st paper), the recurring to medieval proverbs and gnomic lore (2nd paper), or the extrapolation of historical and cultural lore (3rd paper). Tolkien sometimes speculative use of medieval sources opens up new avenues in mediaeval research. |