For the former, sometimes even reading a book will not understand; for the latter, it is actually very good to imagine: everyone will be attracted to something with some magical characteristics in their life, and sometimes these things will attract thousands. Ten thousand people, and it stretches for decades. This thing brings you a huge shock of spirit, represents an indispensable part of your life, incarnates as a symbol of a life, and becomes a way of life. You will regret it when it ends, you will miss it all the time, and when it reappears in some form, you will be pleasantly surprised.
"Harry Potter" is like this (how many people lamented the ten-year dream at the end of Ha Seven?), "A Song of Ice and Fire" is like this, "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" are like this (influencing a generation of Americans , Look at Sheldon in "The Big Bang Theory"), the same is true of China's four masterpieces.
It can be said that "Lord of the Rings" is a subject, just like "Dream of Red Mansions". It is enough to represent a cultural genre, with its specific background, characteristics and influence. But analyzing these is not the main point of this article. This article is just a brief introduction to Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings by fans who have been obsessed with this legendary world for many years and feel that they have returned to childhood after watching "The Hobbit". Unidentified emotional gushing.
First of all, people who have watched "The Hobbit" must have this kind of doubt: Why do the people in the story talk about the story, the characters, and the location as if they were at their fingertips? It seems that this work is just the tip of the iceberg of a larger history.
That's right. Since "The Hobbit", Tolkien has been committed to building a "Middle-earth World", a world with a complete world view, values, historical development, heroes and civilians. All classic fantasy works contain these elements. This is the case with the works mentioned above, other works such as "Three-Body", "EVA", the American drama "Battlestar Galactica", the game "Halo" and "Warcraft" are all like this. This is like a model, only if the hypothesis and logic are accurate, people will agree with the result. And stories like elves and dwarves are traditional elements in Western culture, just look at "Harry Potter" and "Warcraft". A complete world is not only a cash cow for commercial development, but also provides imagination for fans to discuss endless possibilities.
So, how many books are there in the "Lord of the Rings" series? Trilogy plus "The Hobbit"?
No, it's far more than that. Currently, Tolkien's works published in mainland China are in order of story time:
" The Silmarillion ",
"Children of Hu Lin",
"The Hobbit",
"The Lord of the Rings: Reappearance of the Ring",
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers " and "The Rings
"
In addition to Wang: Return of the King , there are two more well-known general historical books in China, "The History of Middle-earth" and "Unfinished Story", but there is no Chinese version. Among them, "The Hobbit" was published by Tolkien himself in Britain in 1937, and the trilogy of "The Lord of the Rings" was published by himself in the 1950s. The rest of the works are compiled and published by his son.
Among them, the four works published by Tolkien himself are the most famous and made into films, but their stories all take place in the "Third Age", 60 years apart. The history of Middle-earth is divided into four periods, and before the first period, Middle-earth has no historical records. The following is a brief history of Middle-earth (a brief history, not a general history, which is more complicated). Because this period of time is too far away, the
First Epoch
has no chronological record.
The Eldars are a group of elves. Among them, the elves with the most sophisticated skills and knowledge are Fyno. He has cast three elven diamonds to bring light to the land of Vala. The first demon king Morgoss (translated as Morgoth) stole the gems and hid them in Middle-earth. Feheno brought most of his tribe to Middle-earth, and formed an alliance with a group of humans that had already arrived here, and attacked Morgauss. Then the most famous battle of the Rain of Tears broke out in the First Age. As a result, the humans and the elves were defeated. . (This story is recorded in "The Silmarillion", and "Children of Hu Lin" tells the bumpy fate of the human leader Hu Lin and his children after the
Battle of the Rain of Tears .) Before the passage of Elendil, a hybrid of humans and elves A piece of Silmaril captured by man defeated Morgauss, and the first era was over.
In the Second Major Year
32, the suffering Aideen people came down to the large island of Elana in the west of China under the guidance of Vara, the protector of the world, and established the Numenor dynasty.
40 The dwarves leave the old city for Moria (the place Thorin recalled in the beginning of the movie "The Hobbit" that they tried to recapture), and the origin of the dwarves is divided.
500 Morgos' servant Sauron (the villain in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy) is ready to move in Middle-earth.
1500 Some elven craftsmen started casting the Lord of the Rings under the guidance of Sauron.
1590 The three rings of elves were forged. There are also seven belonging to dwarves and nine belonging to humans. Sauron secretly created the Lord of the Rings in an attempt to rule Middle-earth (explained at the beginning of the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Reappearance of the Ring").
1693 War broke out between the elves and Sauron, and the three Lords of the Rings were hidden.
1700 Numenor sent reinforcements to defeat Sauron.
1800 Sauron expands eastward.
2251 Nine ring spirits appear (ie, the nine black knights in "The Lord of the Rings: The Reappearance of the Ring"). They are the nine human kings who have obtained the Lord of the Rings.
3262 Sauron was captured and taken back to Numenor, but he corrupted the Numenor.
3319 Numenor falls.
3320 Irendil and his sons, who fled Noumenoll, established Arno and Gondo in Middle-Earth (the White Mountain City in the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King").
3430 Elves and humans form the final alliance (explained at the beginning of the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Ring").
3441 Sauron killed Irendil, the sword of Irendil (explained at the beginning of the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Ring", which is also the sword of Aragon in the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". Recast) shattered, and his son Isildur (a translation of Echdor) cut off the finger of the Lord of the Rings with a broken sword. Sauron was defeated, and Isildur won the Lord of the Rings.
Major Year of the Tertiary
2 Isildur and his three sons were killed, and the Lord of the Rings was lost.
241 Birth of Alvin Ondomir (Aragon's lover in the "Lord of the Rings" series).
1050 The first shadow fell on the Green Forest (the forest of the brown-robed wizard in the movie "The Hobbit"), and people began to call it the Black Forest. Five wizards came to Middle-earth (the gray-robed wizard mentioned in the movie "The Hobbit"). They are the image of human beings, but they have never been young, will slowly age, have superior intelligence, and extraordinary skills. They are the messengers against Sauron. Elves and humans call them differently (in the movie "The Hobbit," the elves call the gray-robed wizard Mithrandil, and the humans, dwarves, and hobbits call him Gandalf).
2463 The hobbit Smigor picked up the Lord of the Rings, and his heart was twisted by the Lord of the Rings. He eventually hid in the foggy mountain and became Grum (an important role in the "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" trilogy).
2770 The dragon Smaug raided Elber (introduced at the beginning of the movie "The Hobbit." Elber’s dwarves are separated from Moria’s dwarves), King Sol and his son Thorne and grandson Thorin flees with the people.
2790 The Elber dwarves tried to return to Moria, but the place was occupied by Ochs. Thor is killed, and the dwarves start a battle for revenge.
2799 At the battle of Moriah's east gate, Oaks is defeated (the content of Thorin's memories in the movie "The Hobbit").
2845 Thorne's dwarf ring is taken away, and Sauron gathers seven dwarven rings.
2850 Gandalf discovers that Sauron is collecting the Lord of the Rings. Thorne died after passing Elber's key to Gandalf (the key was given to Thorin by Gandalf in the movie "The Hobbit").
2890 Bilbo Baggins was born in Char (the protagonist of "The Hobbit," Char is the hobbit colony).
2931 Aragorn was born.
2941 Bilbo, Thorin, and Gandalf set out to search for Elber’s treasure, and obtained the wizard sword "Sting" (also the sword of Frodo in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy), and from Grum in the foggy mountain The Lord of the Rings was obtained there, and the Lord of the Rings went one step further from Sauron. Then came the Battle of the Five Armies (the story of "The Hobbit" took place this year. The Battle of the Five Armies means five armies. In order to avoid spoilers about the future of the movie, I will not introduce it here. But the ending will be very tragic).
2942 Bilbo returns to Char.
2944 Gurum leaves Mist Mountain to find the Lord of the Rings.
2951 Sauron made a public appearance in the magic city. Aragorn meets Arwen.
2956 Aragorn meets Gandalf.
2968 Frodo is born (the protagonist of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy).
3001 Bilbo’s birthday party, Gandalf’s visit (the beginning of the movie "The Hobbit" was before Bilbo’s recollection, and the story of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy also began with this.).
The subsequent stories are detailed in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Sauron was defeated and wiped out, and Middle-earth returned to peace. There are some follow-up stories, so I won’t repeat them here.
In the quaternary period,
humans dominated Middle-earth. All races except humans have declined. The end of the song will be scattered, and the heroes will be in their twilight years. People call the first three epochs "ancient". There is no such story ever since.
Tolkien is a professor at Oxford University and an expert in Old English, and writing such stories can be described as handy. He even created foreign languages such as Elvish and Ochs, with strict vocabulary, speech and grammar.
There is no consensus on the theme of "Lord of the Rings". Some people think that Middle-Earth is similar to Europe, Sauron is a symbol of the Nazis, and the Lord of the Rings is an atomic bomb. It was also commented that Tolkien was a man of the 20th century, but his head was from the Middle Ages. Tolkien never explained his theme. Perhaps, he just wanted to create a dream that everyone shared as a child, a legend that seemed to never end.
So when "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" was released in 2003, so many people were lost. The horses of the crew will be sold, but many of them were bought back by the actors. They had never thought that they would buy a horse in their lifetime, but they did. At this time, the horse has surpassed an animal and has become a memory.
Now, thanks to Peter Jackson for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." Ten years ago, he condensed three thick books into three movies; now, he has expanded a small book to a trilogy. One dream in ten years will lead to the same goal by different routes. New trilogy, new journey. The hero reappears, the legend is immortal.
Appendix: Stories written by
Tolkien in a lifetime. Tolkien's works published during his lifetime:
1937 "The Hobbit" The Hobbit
1945 Leaf by Niggle (short story)
1947 Tree and Leaf (essay)
1949 Farmer Giles of Ham
1954 "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Ring" The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
1954 "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
1955 "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book in
1962, Tree and Leaf (On Fairy-Stories and Leaf by Niggle in book form) in 1964, after the death of
Smith of Wootton Major
Tolkien in 1967 , his son Christoph · Other works compiled and published by Tolkien:
1976 The Father Christmas Letters
1977 The Silmarillion The Silmarillion
1980 Unfinished Tales
The Letters of JRR Tolkien 1981 The Letters of JRR Tolkien
1982 Mr. Bliss
1983 The Monsters and the Critics
1983 The Book of Lost Tales 1
1984 The Book of Lost Tales 2
The Lays of Beleriand 1985
The Shaping of Middle-Earth
1987 The Lost Road and Other Writings
1988 The Return of the Shadow ( The History of The Lord of the Rings v.1)
The Treason of Isengard (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.2),
1989, The War of the Ring (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.3),
1992 Sauron Defeated (The History of The Lord of the Rings
v. 4) 1993 Morgoth's Ring (The Later Silmarillion v. 1)
1994 The War of the Jewels (The Later Silmarillion v. 2)
1996 The Peoples of Middle-earth
1998 Roverandom
2007 “Hu Lin’s The Children of Hurin
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