托尔金和种族

J·R·R·托尔金中洲系列奇幻作品描述有众多幻想物种,其中有些概念历来受人指责,称其暗含过时的种族观念。[1][2][3]然而,也有学者认为他受维多利亚式种族观念影响较深,对文学作品中“怪物”设计亦然,因此不论和平时期或者战时,托尔金实际都是反对种族主义英语anti-racism的。[4][5]

结合19世纪末优生学与惧怕道德沉沦的背景,[6]批评家们相信《魔戒》所述的种族杂交科学种族主义[7][8]另有观点认为,托尔金书中奥克的形态源自战时针对日本种族的丑化宣传。[9]此外,有人认为全书具有“道德式”地理设计:良善种族安排在西方,而邪恶势力位于东方。[10]

与这些猜测相反,托尔金实际上强烈反对纳粹种族理论,这可由1938年他写给出版商的一封信证实,[11][T 1]二战期间他也强烈反对反德宣传。[11]人们认为,他笔下中洲的文学设计具备绝对的文化与语言融合特征,[3]学者也认为针对托尔金的攻击时常与文中依据相悖。[12][13][14]


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参考文献

一手文献

  1. ^ Carpenter 2023,#29 to Stanley Unwin, #30 to Rütten & Loening, both 25 July 1938

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  8. ^ Perry, David M. How Can We Untangle White Supremacy From Medieval Studies?. Pacific Standard. [10 October 2021]. (原始内容存档于2022-04-18). 
  9. ^ 9.0 9.1 Reid, Robin Anne. Making or Creating Orcs: How Thorinsmut's Free Orcs AU Writes Back to Tolkien. Journal of Tolkien Research. 11 February 2021, 11 (2). article 3 [2024-06-15]. (原始内容存档于2022-03-08). 
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