Research On The Literary Geographical Space Construction Of Tolkien’s Middle-earth Novels

John Ronald Riel Tolkien,a famous British writer,poet,linguist and university professor,a series of fantasy novels represented by "The Hobbit","The Lord of the Rings" and "The Silmarillion" It is famous all over the world,and one of the reasons for the success of its creation is that it has constructed a real and complete literary geographic world—Middle-earth.Throughout the ages,there are not many literary works that can construct the world of literary geography from the aspects of terrain,hydrology,vegetation,and humanities.However,as a fantasy novel,the Central Continent series of novels can be described as the leader of the past in its detailed geographical space description.Even more so than most literary works that are geographically constructed from the real world.And this is inseparable from its excellent geographical construction.Tolkien’s "Middle-earth" geographic world can be divided into two major geographic spaces,natural and human.In the natural geographical space,Tolkien mainly used topography,hydrology,vegetation and other natural geographical factors as the base,and shaped a geographical space with mountains,waters and forests as the main components,thus establishing a real and complete European The natural world with unique geographical spirit;and in the human geography space,Tolkien divided Middle-earth into three vertical geographical spaces of "religion-politics-humanity",and used the space inhabited by different races to metaphorize the real human world.Different aspects of Human culture have established a humanistic world full of imagination and diversity.Through the construction of these geographical spaces,the overall tone and emotional color of the series of novels in Middle-earth can be established,and the author’s own views on nature and human history can also be clearly expressed.In the process of constructing the geographical space of Middle-earth,Tolkien mainly used three methods: the construction of geographical images,the construction of geographical narratives,and the construction of literary maps.The method of geographical image construction is the basic part of the construction of geographical space in Middle-earth.The combination of geographical images provides the basis for the construction of geographical space and renders the emotional color of geographical space;geographical narrative is the main way to construct geographical space.The combination method allows different geographical factors to be juxtaposed and connected in series,thereby establishing a complete literary geographical space;the literary map construction method is the most distinctive geographical construction method in the Middle-earth series of novels,which not only helps to establish the geographical world of Middle-earth,but also provides its construction.It is an important foundation for Tolkien’s "Second World" to be established.The successful construction of Tolkien’s Middle-earth World Geographical Space is inseparable from his absorption and reference to real European geography,traditional myths and legends,and modern humanistic spirit.Abundant sources of construction and superb construction techniques allow Tolkien’s literary geographic world to exhibit diverse aesthetic characteristics: authenticity and integrity in the natural world,diversity and applicability in the human world,and diversity and applicability in the overall world.It presents mythological and diachronic.The successful construction of the geospatial space of the Middle Continent effectively laid the foundation for the development of mainstream fantasy literature,created an exotic space that provides spiritual rest,and inspired new narratives with unique geospatial construction methods.Literary and artistic works such as film and television,music,and games have all had a huge and far-reaching impact.