2024/01/12 by Frank Weinreich, Thomas Honegger, Mariana Rios Maldonado +3 · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Themes in Literature Analysis #Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies #Comics and Graphic Narratives
paper · doi:10.16995/zff.15116
openalex publication_date 2024/01/12 · openalex created_date 2024/01/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.Introduction to the ZfF-Forum 2023, the year that marked the fiftieth anniversary of J. R. R. Tolkien's death. The commemoration of an author whose influence has dominated an entire genre in an unprecedented way, and thus generated an equally unprecedented amount of studies and research literature, is an occasion to consider whether the observed concentration on one writer and his work has maybe becoming excessive. Which poses the question whether it would perhaps be better if studies of fantasy in particular, as well as the fantastic in general, in a way detached themselves from Tolkien studies.