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SusanInFlorida · 31-35, F
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LeopoldBloom · M
The GoT TV show seemed to get worse every season. It’s too bad GRRM won’t finish the book series as it’s actually pretty good. In some ways, better than LOTR in its inclusion of religion as a guiding force for humanity (for better or worse). Religion is mostly absent from LOTR and in Harry Potter, is limited to Christmas dinner.
Also, GRRM is a master at filling the reader in on the world’s past without stopping the action. Characters refer to past events the way Americans might refer to the Civil War or Pearl Harbor as something everyone is familiar with.
Also, GRRM is a master at filling the reader in on the world’s past without stopping the action. Characters refer to past events the way Americans might refer to the Civil War or Pearl Harbor as something everyone is familiar with.
LeopoldBloom · M
@SusanInFlorida I've read Campbell, and also Frazier's "Golden Bough." They're both very western-centric, and Campbell was reportedly a white supremacist. However, you're correct that the hero's journey is a major trope. It's certainly an element in LOTR and Harry Potter. Although LOTR is just a small part of Tolkien's canon (not in terms of words, but as part of his world's total timeline). LOTR takes place over, what, 30 years from start to finish? The Silmarillion covers thousands of years of history and as Tolkien described it, LOTR was part of the "branching acquisitive theme." There's really no one hero in the Silmarillion.
Anyway, I was also an English lit major. I don't think any of the above are considered great literature on the level of Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, Keats, Joyce, and the other giants of the language.
Anyway, I was also an English lit major. I don't think any of the above are considered great literature on the level of Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, Keats, Joyce, and the other giants of the language.
SusanInFlorida · 31-35, F
@LeopoldBloom there's a difference between novels/mythology/epic poems, vs short stories, sonnets, globe theater plays. You can't achieve deep character development in one hour.
LeopoldBloom · M
@SusanInFlorida I wouldn't say [i]Ulysses[/i] is an example of the hero's journey. And the Simarillion is definitely an epic mythological work. It's more like the Bible than anything else - a vast panoply of characters across many generations.
Ynotisay · M
Interesting. Zero studies on why drinking is harmful, huh? No research on rehabs or the impact of video games? And you even capitalized "NOTHING." Kind of a big word, huh?
And depression being "banished" by feel good activities? Uh...
I guess it's good you don't have an issue with taxpayer-funded University studies though. Especially when the University is in the UK. And part of the Russell Group. Kind of a big deal there.
Well, at least we know why you spew what you spew. The Drudge Report has that affect on certain types. Could be wrong but I'm getting the sense that you have ZERO connection to nature. That explains a lot too. Your loss.
And depression being "banished" by feel good activities? Uh...
I guess it's good you don't have an issue with taxpayer-funded University studies though. Especially when the University is in the UK. And part of the Russell Group. Kind of a big deal there.
Well, at least we know why you spew what you spew. The Drudge Report has that affect on certain types. Could be wrong but I'm getting the sense that you have ZERO connection to nature. That explains a lot too. Your loss.
SusanInFlorida · 31-35, F
@Ynotisay there are plenty of studies establishing the impact of alcohol on liver and brain function. but noting related to depression. most wine afficionados and their enabling medical professionals at this point dredge up a story about how wine is good for heart health, or you live 18 months longer than a non-drinker or whatever. Nothing specific to depression.
Ynotisay · M
@SusanInFlorida Nothing? Again, that's a big word. It's like "all." Rarely applicable and needs to be used appropriately.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6876499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6876499/
LeopoldBloom · M
@SusanInFlorida I’d be more depressed if I [i]didn’t[/i] drink. But YRMV.
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