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The Power of Music in the Tale of Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien
(Department of Studies in Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature, University of Łódź, 2014)
Tolkien valued music in his private life, and this is mirrored in his works about Middle-Earth, which owes its very existence to music. It is born out of the song of the Ainur. But the role of music does not end with this ...
Phonaesthetic Phonological Iconicity in Literary Analysis Illustrated by Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber”
(Department of Studies in Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature, University of Łódź, 2014)
The article offers a phonosemantic analysis of Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber.” The
phonosemantic investigation has been based on the corpus of nineteen relevant sound-related
descriptions of the sea. Although most ...
The Transformation of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter
(Department of Studies in Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature, University of Łódź, 2014)
The mother/daughter bond is the central subject of Amy Tan’s two powerful books, The Joy
Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter. Tensions that arise in the novels between a Chinese
mother and her Chinese-American daughter ...
Approaching Transhumanism: On How Human Beings Transform in the 21st Century
(Department of Studies in Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature, University of Łódź, 2014)
The following article is to introduce the reader into a cultural and intellectual movement
whose aim is to identify the need for improvement in human life in the sphere of physicality
as well as mentality with the aid ...