Narrativity in the Fantastical Worlds of Tolkien and Lewis

Originally developed as a doctoral thesis, this book presents a study of narrativity and film adaptation of modern fantasy genre focussing on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. The book explores the intricate relationship between narrativity in literary text and film adaptations, particularly the transportation of literary fantasy into filmic fantasy. The theoretical frameworks of Marie- Laure Ryan, Gérard Genette and Vladimir Propp have been used to examine the dynamics of narrativity in the context of filmic fantasy adaptations. It offers scholars and academicians insights into modern fantasy, its film adaptation and the dynamics of narrativity through the lens of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia and its impact on the filmic fantasy genre.

Debolina Mukherjee is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Jakhama, Nagaland.