I could use some help

Finrod Felagund · 12-13-2002, 12:36 PM

For school, I'm supposed to analyze Tolkien's writing style. Maybe you guys could help me out.

***Rían*** · 12-13-2002, 04:54 PM

one word (select your favorite) - incredible! amazing!

two words (select your favorite) - heartbreakingly beautiful! incredibly profound!

What? You need more than 1 or 2 words?

Could you please give me a little more info? Analyze in what way? I could probably give you some references from "Letters of JRR Tolkien" - he writes many things about his writing and what influences him.

Wayfarer · 12-13-2002, 05:49 PM

I think tolkien belongs to the 'spend your entire life working and reworking a single piece of literature' class of writing.

Ñólendil · 12-13-2002, 10:05 PM

Well, for the basics, he writes in High Style prose, in the tradition of the heroic romance, which is what the Lord of the Rings is. But what exactly is the assignment? And are you analyzing certain passages? And is it just the Lord of the Rings?

12-13-2002, 12:36 PM	#1
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	I could use some help For school, I'm supposed to analyze Tolkien's writing style. Maybe you guys could help me out. __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

12-13-2002, 04:54 PM	#2
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	one word (select your favorite) - incredible! amazing! two words (select your favorite) - heartbreakingly beautiful! incredibly profound! What? You need more than 1 or 2 words? Could you please give me a little more info? Analyze in what way? I could probably give you some references from "Letters of JRR Tolkien" - he writes many things about his writing and what influences him. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

12-13-2002, 05:49 PM	#3
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	I think tolkien belongs to the 'spend your entire life working and reworking a single piece of literature' class of writing. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

12-13-2002, 10:05 PM	#4
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	Well, for the basics, he writes in High Style prose, in the tradition of the heroic romance, which is what the Lord of the Rings is. But what exactly is the assignment? And are you analyzing certain passages? And is it just the Lord of the Rings? __________________ Falmon -- Dylan