THE HERMENEUTIC ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLIC IMAGES IN TOLKIEN’S FANTASY

Authors

  • Armine MATEVOSYAN Yerevan State University
  • Ani TER-PETROSYAN Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/FLHE/2017.21.1.227

Keywords:

fantasy, imagination, aesthetics, prototype text, hermeneutics, mystics, symbolic image

Abstract

The paper deals with the study of Tolkien’s works, which are unique pieces of fantasy genre and creative art. Tolkien’s works are flavoured with imagination and aesthetic elements which serve as a multilayer subject of analysis in the present paper, thus transferring the reader an extraordinary literary intention of morality, divinity and love. Through the light of hermeneutic analysis the symbolic images are revealed which underline Tolkien’s imaginative style and language, and the quintessential intention – to create an English mythological novel.

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Published

2017-05-15

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (22) (2017)

Section

Literary Criticism

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