Open AccessOf Magic Rings and Talking Lions
Author(s) -
Fabian Quevedo da Rocha
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
literartes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2316-9826
DOI - 10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2019.163272
Subject(s) - magic (telescope) , appeal , literature , art , relevance (law) , history , law , political science , physics , quantum mechanics
This article discusses J. R. R. Tolkien's and C. S. Lewis's understanding of the social function of fairy tales. The topic is approached through the study of Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories" and Lewis's book On Stories: and other essays on literature. To illustrate these scholars' arguments, this research draws on examples from their fictional works The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia. At the end of the work, it is argued that the everlasting appeal and relevance of fairy stories are connected to specific characteristics inherent to the genre.