Parodies of the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien

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Koch, Evelyn:
Parodies of the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
In: Honegger, Thomas ; Mann, Maureen F. (Hrsg.): Laughter in Middle-earth : Humour in and around the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien. - Zurich : Walking Tree Publishers , 2016 . - S. 135-151 . - (Cormarë Series ; 35 )
ISBN 978-3-905703-35-1

Abstract

With J.R.R. Tolkien’s works being among the most read texts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by Peter Jackson being incredibly successful as well, there is naturally an abundance of parodies. This paper does not attempt to list them all but to look at how parody works, and what strategies are involved to create a parody of Tolkien’s works. Thus, I have categorised some of the parodies according to their underlying strategy: as textual or social parody, and whether they involve strategies of exaggeration/understatement, whether they substitute heroes and villains with non-heroes or non-villains, whether they make the quest ridiculous or trivial, make fun of place names and proper names, or add vulgarity or obscenity to the original text.

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Publikationsform:	Aufsatz in einem Buch
Begutachteter Beitrag:	Ja
Keywords:	J.R.R. Tolkien; Humor; Humour; Literature; Literatur; English Literature; Fantasy; Middle-earth; The Lord of the Rings; The Hobbit; The Silmarillion
Institutionen der Universität:	Fakultäten Fakultäten > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Fakultäten > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Professur Englische Literaturwissenschaft
Titel an der UBT entstanden:	Nein
Themengebiete aus DDC:	800 Literatur 800 Literatur > 820 Englische, altenglische Literaturen
Eingestellt am:	14 Okt 2016 11:57
Letzte Änderung:	13 Mär 2017 09:40
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/34869