[ SECRET POST #3182 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3182 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Your imaginary dissertation (or real, I guess)

[(Anonymous)]

A friend of mine just did a Tolkien dissertation! Something about the influence of medieval philosophers on his LOTR, since Tolkien was a medievalist himself.

If only my geeky fantasy interests were significant enough to justify academic research to my academic supervisors haha

Re: Your imaginary dissertation (or real, I guess)

[philstar22]

Tolkien would make great disserations. There are so many things to pick from. I went for that because it combines my interests in history, criminal justice, sociology, and psychology into one. And, in general, I'm very interested in trauma. And I think Tolkien, having experienced war, understood the different affects it could have on people (comparing Frodo's anti-war stance to Maedhros' increased violence and obsessions for example).

Re: Your imaginary dissertation (or real, I guess)

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT but Tolkien had hella much to do with war. Actually wrote a paper on this in college for a class, mostly focusing on the WWI stuff (lots of WWI poetry stuff) and Frodo's quest in LotR. Suggest reading Great War and Modern Memory for a good overview of WWI literary themes that, while it doesn't mention Tolkien explicitly, it's really easy to draw the thematic parallels.

Re: Your imaginary dissertation (or real, I guess)

[philstar22]

That sounds like an interesting book. And yes, Tolkien's experience in war clearly colors a lot of his writing (in LOTR, in the Silmarillion, and even in the Hobbit).