tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post144034648254332202..comments2024-02-26T08:30:10.766+00:00Comments on 2606 Books and counting..........: Literary Blog Hop: Sometimes a Pig is Just a PigFalaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01296217731383114462noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-2767582157068346432011-07-11T17:38:05.224+01:002011-07-11T17:38:05.224+01:00I agree. An allegorical piece can only be so if th...I agree. An allegorical piece can only be so if the author intended it to be. The rest a merely interpretation by individual readers. Besides, in Tolkien's case, his works were bound to have something of his experience in it, in terms of better understanding of certain situations, battle tactics, and the like. But call all of this allegorical is a bit much. <br /><br />Great post!:DSonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707280327803432082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-10189194488462994162011-07-11T17:34:20.174+01:002011-07-11T17:34:20.174+01:00Deb - You are being far too kind to me. I was mos...Deb - You are being far too kind to me. I was most definitely around in 1977 and ermember being taken to see Star Wars when it came out in the UK that year!<br /><br />Jillian - I agree. I would probably think of the sub-conscious approach as being more like ambiguity.<br /><br />Parrish - thanks!<br /><br />Susan - thanks. I think ambiguity where it is crafted makes a book a much richer experience.<br /><br />LBC - I do see your point.<br /><br />Ondrej - You share my view but it is a comparison that has been made by a number of people.<br /><br />Jay - Thanks and I totally agree!Falaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296217731383114462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-23632363180756121692011-07-11T13:41:39.368+01:002011-07-11T13:41:39.368+01:00Very interesting and well done. "Unintentiona...Very interesting and well done. "Unintentional Allegory" is certainly a fascinating phenomenon to ponder. I suspect it does occur in varying degrees, but I also agree with you that in it's pure form allegory must also be the authors INTENT. How otherwise could we celebrate the author's mastery?<br /><br />-JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-2639498784097817782011-07-10T18:21:39.231+01:002011-07-10T18:21:39.231+01:00I don't really think you can compare the One R...I don't really think you can compare the One Ring to the atomic bomb, no matter how deep your allegory is.Ondrej from Most Popular Bookshttp://mostpopularbooks.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-22238990164340785892011-07-09T00:26:01.564+01:002011-07-09T00:26:01.564+01:00I like to speculate on whether things I'm read...I like to speculate on whether things I'm reading are allegorical. I particularly like it when it is less obvious, and I certainly believe someone could write an unconscious allegory.<br /><br />Check out my post <a href="http://hawthornescarlet.blogspot.com/2011/07/literary-blog-hop-terminology.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-89592025128327315122011-07-08T23:01:34.346+01:002011-07-08T23:01:34.346+01:00Very interesting post. Does allegory have to be in...Very interesting post. Does allegory have to be intentional? It seems like it should be, or readers could just go wild. On the other hand, I prefer a little ambiguity. If it's too obvious that the author was going for a specific allegory, if there's no sublety, it doesn't leave the reader any interpreting to do at all. So maybe that's why an author would want to leave some wiggle room.Susan (Reading World)http://susancoventry.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-2329154151552359432011-07-08T21:08:36.468+01:002011-07-08T21:08:36.468+01:00loving allegory & your list of it in action, g...loving allegory & your list of it in action, great post.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-61941789986099890372011-07-08T19:43:21.398+01:002011-07-08T19:43:21.398+01:00I love an allegory. I do think it is generally som...I love an allegory. I do think it is generally something the writer "intends" within a work. Much of writing is subconscious (I believe), but I'm not sure how you could accidentally come up with a simile. :-)Jillianhttp://jillisreading.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-71531725356811938662011-07-08T17:24:28.428+01:002011-07-08T17:24:28.428+01:00You say your formal study of literature ended at a...You say your formal study of literature ended at age sixteen, but you've still gone one leg up on me; despite the fact that my formal study of literature ended at twenty (sounds like an additional four years on you), my final year was in 1977 (which, I might guess, was probably before you were born!) Somehow I completely missed postmodernism and...what was the other word?...oh yes, textuality (whatever that is).<br /><br />I like allegory as much as I like any literary device. Here's <a href="http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2011/07/welcome-to-literary-blog-hop-hosted-by.html" rel="nofollow">my attempt to pick my favorite literary device.</a> Also, I'd like to invite you to throw your name into the hat for a <b>$25 Amazon gift certificate</b> in <a href="http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2011/07/readerbuzzs-july-giveaway-25-amazon.html" rel="nofollow">Readerbuzz's July Giveaway!</a>It's <b>international!</b>Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.com