J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Eucatastrophe, Evangelium, And Joy - Sadler's Lectures
Sadler's Lectures
English - July 21, 2023 12:27 - 17 minutes - 25.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories
It focuses specifically on his discussion, at the very end of the work, of what he terms "eucatastrophe" (as opposed to duscatastrophe) as a function of fairy stories, the "happy ending" that occurs through pain, suffering, loss, but not a final defeat. There is a joy both for sub-creators and for readers or listeners of the stories, and it is connected to the good news or evangelium that comes through the stories.
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