Reader - Response Criticism of J. R. R. Tolkien`s Work in Russia at the Turn of xx-xxi Centuries

Ellina V. Shustova* and Anastasia A. Blagoveshchenskaya
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Ellina V. Shustova*: Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
Anastasia A. Blagoveshchenskaya: Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2018, 341-344 Special Issue: 1

Abstract: The paper considers the problem of reception of the J.R.R. Tolkien’s work in Russia by readers who are not professionally engaged in literary studies. This type of reception is the response of a wide readership to the writer’s texts and means the attitude towards them. The relevance of the research topic is determined not only by the significance of the figure of J.R.R Tolkien as a writer, but also by his significant influence on world literature and culture and the need for his comprehension. The analysis of reception characteristics in relation to the socio-cultural and literary context seems timely and meets the needs of modern literary science and Tolkienism as an area of studies of Tolkien’s work. Written response of the non-professional readership to the themes of J.R.R Tolkien work previously did not become the objects of detailed scientific study, and their study seems a promising direction research. The paper identifies and analyzes the main receptive approaches of unprofessional readers to the texts of J.R.R Tolkien. The reception is presented as a dynamic process and is considered in development. This research contributes to a further deeper understanding of the work of J.R.R Tolkien, as well as the interpretations that it receives in the Russian cultural and literary context.

Keywords: Education; Student; Language learning; J. R. R. Tolkien; Aesthetics. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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