Abstract
Uses the theories of Owen Barfield to analyze the language and rhetoric used in the service of evil in The Lord of the Rings as a critique of modernity and the divorce of true meaning from speech. Ted Sandyman, Saruman, and the Mouth of Sauron are used as particular examples.
Recommended Citation
Jarman, Cody
(2016)
"The Black Speech: The Lord of the Rings as a Modern Linguistic Critique,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 34
:
No.
2
, Article 10.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol34/iss2/10