Crestfallen: An Original Fairy Story for the Modern Age

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dc.contributor.advisorHemenway, Arna
dc.contributor.authorPurcell, Autumn
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity Scholars.en_US
dc.contributor.otherBaylor University.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-20T18:43:33Z
dc.date.available2022-05-20T18:43:33Z
dc.date.copyright2022-04-27
dc.date.issued2022-05-20
dc.description.abstractIn J.R.R Tolkien’s essay On Fairy Stories, Tolkien outlines some of the key characteristics every good fairy-story should have. This manuscript explores the modernization of those traditional Tolkienian fairy-story concepts while incorporating successful fiction strategies which I discovered through my close examination of The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and other fairy-stories. In my own fairy-story, a character closely resembling a modern college student explores the relationship between self-sacrifice and self-actualization, trying to ascertain the importance of memory in forming one’s own identity. In the preface, I offer a contextualization of my manuscript by discussing its relationship to Tolkien’s guidelines, the application of those ideas in Harry Potter, and the role of both in my work. In both manuscript and preface, I explore how Tolkien’s ideas on fairy-stories may be subverted in a modern context without losing their essential truth.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2104/11869
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsBaylor University projects are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide accessen_US
dc.subjectCreative Writingen_US
dc.titleCrestfallen: An Original Fairy Story for the Modern Ageen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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