Is Sauron Frodo's shadow? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Morthoron · 06-02-2009, 11:16 AM

Having read Stephen R. Donaldson's Thomas Convenant series, I believe he's mistaking his character's internalizations with Tolkien's externalization. Covenant believes he's dreaming for most of the first book, and that the Land is fictional, brought about by a bump on the noggin in a car accident. In the case of Frodo, the nightmare he experiences is tangible, and he is part of Middle-earth, not a foreigner dropped in from the 'real world' like Covenant. Donaldson is, for the most part, 'externalizing his internalizing', as it were.

06-02-2009, 11:16 AM	#14
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Having read Stephen R. Donaldson's Thomas Convenant series, I believe he's mistaking his character's internalizations with Tolkien's externalization. Covenant believes he's dreaming for most of the first book, and that the Land is fictional, brought about by a bump on the noggin in a car accident. In the case of Frodo, the nightmare he experiences is tangible, and he is part of Middle-earth, not a foreigner dropped in from the 'real world' like Covenant. Donaldson is, for the most part, 'externalizing his internalizing', as it were. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.