Tolkien Society Seminar
juli 30, 2011 – juli 30, 2011
Bijzonderheden
- Soort
- Fair/Festival
- Website
- http://www.tolkiensociety.org/seminar/seminar-2011.php
- Voorzieningen
- eten/drinken
- Beschrijving:
- The Tolkien Society seminar provides members, academics, students, and independent scholars with a venue for interdisciplinary dialogue. This year the theme is "Tolkien's Trees" and covers trees, gardens, woods, forest, forest dwellers, and our understandings of them or what they may signify. There are many kinds of trees in the works of Tolkien. Trees, woods, forests, and tree-like beings appear in various parts of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Smith of Wootton Major, and of course Leaf by Niggle. Some of these are special, magical, and inspirational, and others are dark, frightening, or ominous; from the Old Forest to the Golden Wood of Lothlorien, the Ents of Fangorn or the malice of Old Man Willow. Trees may also carry symbolic values that may be explored and considered such as the White Tree of Gondor. There is scope for considering ecology theory and the way Tolkien's depictions of trees in relation to various created societies and characters pre-dates the rise of actual ecology theory; and while his treatment of trees may open up moral insights, they offer options for interpretation that are more in tune with modern perceptions. Participants are free to draw on any part of Tolkien's oeuvre, or to follow a thematic line within one text, or one text in its variant forms (draft ms, published work, or amended edition).
If you would like to give a paper please contact us with an abstract of no more than 300 words by 30 June.
The Seminar will be held at The Bar Convent, a working convent just 15 minutes walk from York railway station. The seminar itself will start at 10:00 and finish by 17:00. The registration fee is £15 for Tolkien Society members and £18 for non-members and includes refreshments on arrival, mid morning and mid afternoon. Tickets must be booked in advance (by 16 July). - Toegevoegd door
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- Ja
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- 72566
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