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Tolkien nadal inspiruje badaczy

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Szyjewski A., Całek A., Binczycka E.
Creatio Fantastica
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2017
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issue 2(57)
127-137
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Conversation with Prof. Andrzej Szyjewski, author of one of the most important Tolkien monographs, From Valinor to Mordor.
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Antyk w prozie J. R. R. Tolkiena

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Piętka R.
Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
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2011
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vol. 21
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issue 1
95-117
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The article tends to analyse the problems concerning the reception of classical texts and ideas in twentieth century, using as an example the prose works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkiens’s oeuvre and its problematic relationships with classical tradition serve in this paper as an illustration of the diverse approaches, methods, and styles of lecture concerning the nature of literary allusivity. As a point of departure in the paper has been taken the reflection on the common phrase about “antiquity in something” deployed broadly in the reception studies. The questions raised here are as follows: what does precisely “in” mean in that metaphor? Or, to put in more general terms, when an allusion to another text can be treated as an inherent part of interpretation? Answer to these questions was possible due to Umberto Eco’s statements in the well-known dispute relating to the interpretation and overinterpretation; in conclusion the author was trying to show that Eco’s criterion of textual economy in interpretation justifies somehow (in author’s opinion) the new look on the essential Tolkien’s symbol, i.e. the ring of power, as a symbol of the Roman imperial rule. This means (in the context of the translatio imperii and cultural change from pagan to Christian empire) that ‘The Lord of the Rings’ can be seen in a way as a novelistic version of Augustine’s ‘The City of God’
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Między Oksfordem a Mordorem

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Mroczkowska-Brand K., Całek A., Szymczak-Maciejczyk B., Binczycka E., Maj K. M.
Creatio Fantastica
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2017
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issue 2(57)
117-125
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Conversation with Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand about Prof. Przemysław Mroczkowski and his relations with John R. R. Tolkien.
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Tolkien i wikingowie. Czyli o związkach J. R. R. Tolkiena z wiktoriańską literaturą na temat Północy

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Leśniewski M.
Creatio Fantastica
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2017
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issue 2(57)
25-46
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There is no doubt that Norman stories and myths were an important inspiration for John R. R. Tolkien who repeatedly stressed their significance for shaping his works and literary imagination. In the article Tolkien and the Vikings. On J. R. R. Tolkien and Victorian Literature About The North, Leśniewski analyses the influence of Norse mythology, Victorian literature and history on Tolkienian writings. Tolkien’s belief that we can access and reconstruct history through languages had its source in the nineteenth century when scientists were convinced that it is possible to recreate extinct languages and mythologies. Thus they often created new epic poems on the basis of folk tales and ballads. Tolkien often expressed his regret that England has lost its mythological traditions. He seemed to have dreamt of giving England its own mythology. Tolkien drew inspiration from Victorian writers and scientists, but he also went far beyond Victorian tradition. His works are eclectic and syncretic, bringing together many different traditions—and, thus, appealing to a much wider audience.
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The Functions of Digressions in Beowulf

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Urbanowicz M.
Acta Neophilologica
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2013
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issue XV/2
213-223
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The article aims at establishing the reasons why digressions constitute an integral part of Beowulf. It shows the wide variety of ways how these stylistic devices are related to the main plot of the poem and the latest approach towards the task of analysis. Moreover, the author rejects the misguided notion of digressions being nothing more than just “tasteless intrusions”. Even though the purpose of some digressions may not seem perfectly straightforward, all of them contribute to the artistry of the poem. Therefore, Beowulf has to be analysed in terms of a work of art and should not be regarded as valuable for merely historical significance.
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Silmarillion — allotopia J. R. R. Tolkiena w perspektywie ardologicznej

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Maj K. M.
Creatio Fantastica
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2017
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issue 2(57)
73-91
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The article Silmarillion—J. R. R. Tolkien’s Allotopia From Ardological Perspective aims at outlining the methodology for studying Tolkien’s world-building project without the need of acknowledging the text-centered reading paradigm. Having differentiated tolkienology, as text-focused, philological studies, from ardology, understood as world-building studies, Maj deconstructs the use of Tolkienian’s “subcreation” in literary theory as far too indebted in the metaphysics of presence to establish a neutral framework for studying the process of constructing a fictional reality. With the examples from Silmarillion—perhaps the best instance of modern mythography, in no way resembling the narrative arc of a prototypical fantasy novel—the author builds up on the notion of “allotopia” as the world independent insofar to create its own ontologies, topographies, languages, philosophy, history, literature, art, or even physical artifacts—without the need of anchoring the overall creation in a metaphysical paradigm. Correspondingly, the text offers an insight to a number of theories in postclassical narratology or postmodern philosophy that may help in understanding the scale of Tolkien’s solemn contribution to the art of fantastic world-building.
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Inspiracja radykalna, czyli wątki tolkienowskie w twórczości Varga Vikernesa

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Podlewski A.
Creatio Fantastica
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2017
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issue 2(57)
105-114
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In the article Radical Inspiration, or Tolkienian Threads in the Works of Varg Vikernes, Adam Podlewski draws a comparison between John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s and Varg Vikernes’ esthetical, theological, and civilisational world­view. In spite of obvious differences on many levels, the intellectual vision of the Norwegian musician seems to be heavily influenced by the author of The Hobbit Or There And Back Again—both by informed and unaware inspirations. It is argued that Vikernes’ views on Norwegian history particularly resemble the Tolkienian vision of so-called modern ‘mordorisation’. There is, however, one mayor difference between the referenced artists: that is the role that they grant to Christianity.
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Z Prus do Anglii. Saga rodziny J. R. R. Tolkiena (XIV-XIX wiek)

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Derdziński R.
Creatio Fantastica
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2017
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issue 2(57)
47-71
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Professor Tolkien’s knowledge of his ancestry and the history of his family name was limited to the family legends. The article From Prussia to England. J. R. R. Tolkien’s Family Saga (14th-19thc.) describes Ryszard Derdziński’s ten-years-long research which confirmed that the Tolkien family came to England from Gdańsk in the eighteenth century and that their roots can be tracked down to mediaeval Prussia and the Harz Mountains. The presen­ted findings of Derdziński are based on archival and genealogical research and field research. The author established that Tolkien’s family name comes from Old Prussian (Baltic) etymology and is most probably related to the history of von Markelingerode, a noble family which came to Prussia from the Harz Mountains. Derdziński describes the details of the life of Daniel Gottlieb Tolkien and John Benjamin Tolkien, two brothers from Gdańsk, from whom all English-speaking Tolkiens in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia descent. Furthermore, the author of the article presents a detailed family tree, as well as reproductions of important documents that determine the particular phases of the history of the ancestors of J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Tolkien w oczach mediewisty

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Honegger T.
Creatio Fantastica
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2017
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issue 2(57)
7-23
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The Lord of the Rings, ever since its publication, has been something of a nuisance to traditional literary critics and has been maligned often and with zest. The main reason for these strong—and often irrational—reactions are primarily due to the fact that The Lord of the Rings does not fit into the literary mainstream and challenges standard critical assumptions about what a work of twentieth-century fiction should be like. The standard tool-kit of the lite­rary critic seems utterly inadequate. Mediaevalists, in contrast, have often taken a more sympathetic view of Tolkien’s work. Honegger’s article Tolkien Through the Eyes of a Mediaevalist will therefore present several ‘mediaeval’ approaches towards Tolkien, evaluate their critical value and discuss their contribution towards a more adequate understanding of Tolkien’s literary work.
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