Open AccessC.S. Lewis’s 'Narnia' and J.R.R. Tolkien’s 'Middle-Earth' – Realms of Emotionally Intelligent Characters
Author(s) -
Raluca Ștefania Pelin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
linguaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2285-9403
pISSN - 2067-9696
DOI - 10.47743/lincu-2019-2-0145
Subject(s) - psychology , reading (process) , emotional intelligence , harmony (color) , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , psychoanalysis , epistemology , social psychology , philosophy , linguistics , art , visual arts
Reading fantasy literature is always a challenge to the reader’s imagination and ability to understand events and characters. Reading such works from the psychological perspective of the Emotional Intelligence may challenge the reader to an even deeper insight into the human nature and the way people respond to various situations when their emotions are triggered by different stimuli. The Emotional Competence Framework devised by Daniel Goleman may be a useful tool when approaching the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as they offer such richness of contexts in which emotions may be conflicting and it is up to the characters to find a path of bringing things under control and restoring harmony.