Lord of the Ring’s character, Éowyn, through the feminist literary critic and the study of adaptation

Authors

  • Laura Cristina de Souza Zanetti Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Vera Helena Gomes Wielewicki Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-9511.v38p252-271

Keywords:

Cinematographic adaptation, Feminist literary critic, Nordic woman, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings by Peter Jackson

Abstract

The women who were part of the Nordic society, during the tenth century, used to be at times pictured as warriors and could even take their husbands’ place when they were not available. In view of this, the aim is to analyze the influence of the Nordic woman in Éowyn, the character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, published between 1954 and1955. Subsequently, the objective was to observe the way Éowyn’s characteristics were resignified in the cinematographic adaptation by Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), based on Linda Hutcheon’s (2006) theory. Kate Millet’s (1970) theory was used to support this literary study and the conclusion was that Éowyn challenges the stereotype of feminine characters from that time, since she desires to be something that society does not expect her to be, and she faces everything to achieve it. Éowyn is so noteworthy in the narrative that it resulted in her being adapted to the movie without meaningful changes. Finally, this article provides visibility to a feminine character that differs because of the attitudes of resistance and contributes to the creations of feminine characters that break the stereotype of woman’s representation.

 

 

 

 

Keywords: Cinematographic adaptation; Feminist literary critic; Nordic woman; J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Author Biographies

  • Laura Cristina de Souza Zanetti, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Graduanda da Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

  • Vera Helena Gomes Wielewicki, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Professora Doutora, colaboradora no Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras da Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

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Published

2021-02-23

Issue

Section

Número Especial III JOTA

How to Cite

Zanetti, L. C. de S. ., & Wielewicki, V. H. G. (2021). Lord of the Ring’s character, Éowyn, through the feminist literary critic and the study of adaptation. TradTerm, 38, 252-271. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-9511.v38p252-271