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Analysis of medieval motifs
in J. R. R. Tolkien’s novels

Contents

INTRODUCTION.. 4

THE AIM OF THE THESIS. 6

I.           A Brief Overview of Tolkien’s literary heredity in the context of medievalness. 7

1.1       General outline of Tolkien’s literary heredity. 7

1.2       Biography and career. 8

1.3       Medieval studies by Tolkien. 9

1.4       Tolkien’s artificial languages. 11

1.5       Existing scholarly works on medieval sources in Tolkien’s literary works. 12

1.6       Tolkien’s own vision of the world. 13

1.7       The nature of Tolkien’s artistry writings. 15

1.8       Selected medieval aspects in Tolkien’s artistry writing. 17

II.         Comparative analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien’s novels and selected medieval texts. 20

2.1       The approach to the comparative analysis. 20

2.2       Quest narrative. 21

2.3       Types of epic heroes. 24

2.4       Frodo, Bilbo and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 25

2.5  Landscape depictions in Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the description of Mordor in The Lord of the Rings  27

2.6       The Battle of Maldon and the Telenor Fields. 28

2.7       Bilbo and Smaug—parallels in Beowulf. 29

2.8       Boromir’s departure and the funeral of Scyld Scefing. 31

CONCLUSION.. 33

REFERENCES. 34