A ring to rule three hobbits: interdependency and narrative development in frodo, sam and gollum in j.R.R. Tolkien’s the lord of the rings (1954-1955)
- Autores: Adriana Taboada González
- Directores de la Tesis: Jorge Luis Bueno Alonso (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universidade de Vigo ( España ) en 2021
- Idioma: español
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Laura María Lojo Rodríguez (secret.), María José Esteve Ramos (secret.), Miguel Ángel Gomes Gargamala (voc.)
- Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Estudios Ingleses Avanzados: Lingüística, Literatura y Cultura por la Universidad de A Coruña; la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y la Universidad de Vigo
- Materias:
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- Tesis en acceso abierto en: Investigo
- Resumen
This thesis will provide an in-depth study of the figures of Frodo, Sam and Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien’s work through a thorough close-reading of The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), seeing them not only as merely individual characters but as parts of a whole and indivisible narrative structure. I will analyse the interdependency existing between the three hobbits and the possibilities it brings to each of their developments. However, to reach to this point it will be necessary to study each character’s evolution, putting special emphasis on the influence the One Ring exerts on them from the moment in which they become Ring-bearers, being in a way the central axis of the three. This influence will become especially relevant so as to analyse the different ways in which the hobbits face their journey, putting the focus on, but not being limited to, the description of the Hero’s Journey provided by J. Campbell, and the archetypal structure as explained by C. G. Jung.
