Esta citação refere-se a um dos tópicos presentes no prefácio para "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" de J. R. R. Tolkien. O tópico trata da intenção do autor, aliada à associação alegórica (que se revela infundada) feita entre a Segunda Grande Guerra Mundial, ocorrida na primeira metade do século XX, e a guerra levada a cabo na Terra Média.
Na altura que li a obra prestei uma especial atenção ao tópico. Na escola, ao estudar literatura, nas suas formas de análise e crítica, uma coisa que aprendi à partida foi que nunca podemos saber exactamente qual a intenção do autor (textual ou empírico) ao escrever uma obra. Apenas podemos conjecturar e interpretar segundo determinadas temáticas. Especular, portanto.
Interessava-me então a opinião concreta de um autor sobre a intenção, mais do que a de qualquer crítico ou teorizador, tão esclarecedores quanto sejam.
A intenção pura do autor é uma coisa incompreensivél para o leitor, mas aqui Tolkien resolveu esclarecer algumas perguntas e curiosidades acerca da escrita de "The Lord of the Rings".
"The prime motive was the desire of a tale-teller to try his hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them. As a guide I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving, and for many the guide was inevitably often at fault. Some who have read the book , or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; i have no cause to complain, since i have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
[...] The most critical reader of all, myself, now finds many defects, minor and major, but being fortunately under no obligation either to review the book or to write it again, he will pass over these in silence, except one that has been noted by others: the book is to short.
As for any inner meaning or 'message', it has in the intention of the author none. It is neither allegorical nor topical. As the story grew it put down roots (into the past) and threw out unexpected branches; but its main theme was settled from the outset by the inevitable choice of the Ring as the link between it and The Hobbit.
[...] It was written long before the foreshadow of 1939 had yet become a threat of inevitable disaster [...] Its sources are things long before in mind, or in some cases already written, and little or nothing in it was modified by the war that began in 1939 or it's sequels.
[...] Other arrangements could be devised according to the tastes or views of those who like allegory or topical reference. But i cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations , and always have done so since i grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its varied applicability to the tought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse 'applicability' with 'allegory'; but one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author."
in The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien.
Na altura que li a obra prestei uma especial atenção ao tópico. Na escola, ao estudar literatura, nas suas formas de análise e crítica, uma coisa que aprendi à partida foi que nunca podemos saber exactamente qual a intenção do autor (textual ou empírico) ao escrever uma obra. Apenas podemos conjecturar e interpretar segundo determinadas temáticas. Especular, portanto.
Interessava-me então a opinião concreta de um autor sobre a intenção, mais do que a de qualquer crítico ou teorizador, tão esclarecedores quanto sejam.
A intenção pura do autor é uma coisa incompreensivél para o leitor, mas aqui Tolkien resolveu esclarecer algumas perguntas e curiosidades acerca da escrita de "The Lord of the Rings".
"The prime motive was the desire of a tale-teller to try his hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them. As a guide I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving, and for many the guide was inevitably often at fault. Some who have read the book , or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; i have no cause to complain, since i have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
[...] The most critical reader of all, myself, now finds many defects, minor and major, but being fortunately under no obligation either to review the book or to write it again, he will pass over these in silence, except one that has been noted by others: the book is to short.
As for any inner meaning or 'message', it has in the intention of the author none. It is neither allegorical nor topical. As the story grew it put down roots (into the past) and threw out unexpected branches; but its main theme was settled from the outset by the inevitable choice of the Ring as the link between it and The Hobbit.
[...] It was written long before the foreshadow of 1939 had yet become a threat of inevitable disaster [...] Its sources are things long before in mind, or in some cases already written, and little or nothing in it was modified by the war that began in 1939 or it's sequels.
[...] Other arrangements could be devised according to the tastes or views of those who like allegory or topical reference. But i cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations , and always have done so since i grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its varied applicability to the tought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse 'applicability' with 'allegory'; but one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author."
in The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien.
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