Project Director

Balazs, Thomas P.

Department Examiner

Coons, Jayda; Stuart, Christopher

Department

Dept. of English

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

The following is a short craft essay on the political nature of the fantasy genre followed by an original short story. The craft paper situates the reader in the discourse of fantasy being political or apolitical before shifting into a discussion of how Tolkien, Le Guin, and Sapkowski explore political ideas through their works. After, there is a brief section where the thought process going into the short story is explored before launching into the creative piece. The piece is five chapters long and explores a refugee crisis caused by a civil war in the fantasy world of Esterad.

Degree

B. A.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Date

5-2023

Subject

Fantasy fiction--History and criticism; Creative writing--Fiction

Name

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Criticism and interpretation; Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018--Criticism and interpretation; Sapkowski, Andrzej--Criticism and interpretation

Keyword

fantasy; short story; politics; Tolkien; Le Guin; Sapkowski

Discipline

Fiction

Document Type

Theses

Extent

73 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

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