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Bill Ferny · 02-22-2003, 02:33 AM

Well, crap. Now I’m confused [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

Let’s see… After re-reading the original post, I definitely see that I misunderstood the two choices. B then doesn’t make as much sense to me. If it was written from the perspective of a character, it doesn’t seem to me that the immersion of the character would allow for a non-contradictory perspective, but the exact opposite. It would seem that if A is written from the third person omniscient view then it could simply list discrepancies (for lack of a better word) from the primary sources. That to me is stating the plain facts.

Explaining discrepancies as various opinions from different schools (say… Gondorian scholars versus scholars of the north that were more impacted by elvish lore, as an example) a first person narrative can present the discrepancies in an interesting way, a way that to my knowledge no Tolkien reference to date has attempted. I don’t know, however, if such an approach would be very practical.

02-22-2003, 02:33 AM	#22
Bill Ferny Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bree Posts: 390	Well, crap. Now I’m confused [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Let’s see… After re-reading the original post, I definitely see that I misunderstood the two choices. B then doesn’t make as much sense to me. If it was written from the perspective of a character, it doesn’t seem to me that the immersion of the character would allow for a non-contradictory perspective, but the exact opposite. It would seem that if A is written from the third person omniscient view then it could simply list discrepancies (for lack of a better word) from the primary sources. That to me is stating the plain facts. Explaining discrepancies as various opinions from different schools (say… Gondorian scholars versus scholars of the north that were more impacted by elvish lore, as an example) a first person narrative can present the discrepancies in an interesting way, a way that to my knowledge no Tolkien reference to date has attempted. I don’t know, however, if such an approach would be very practical. __________________ I prefer Gillaume d’Férny, connoisseur of fine fruit.