From Wilderland to East End and Back Again: On the Links between Harold Pinter’s The Dwarfs: A Novel and J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit

Łukasz Borowiec

doi:10.18290/rh206811-4

Łukasz Borowiec Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Polska https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-972X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh206811-4

Słowa kluczowe: Harold Pinter, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Dwarfs: A Novel, Hobbit

Abstrakt

Z Wilderlandu na East End i z powrotem: O związkach między powieścią Harolda Pintera The Dwarfs a Hobbitem J. R. R. Tolkiena

W artykule omówione zostały powiązania między jedyną powieścią Harolda Pintera pod tytułem The Dwarfs: A Novel i książką Hobbit, czyli tam i z powrotem autorstwa J. R. R. Tolkiena, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem postaci karzełków/krasnoludów (określanych w języku angielskim tym samym słowem dwarf) oraz bohaterów obu utworów, Lena i Bilbo, w przestrzeni, odpowiednio, powojennego Londynu i Śródziemia. Dokładne zbadanie tematycznej i strukturalnej roli karzełków/ krasnoludów ujawnia intrygujące echa powieści Tolkiena w książce Pintera. Z tej perspektywy The Dwarfs okazuje się powieścią, w której Pinter w charakterystyczny dla siebie sposób przekształcił wątki mitologiczne i folklorystyczne w stopniu niespotykanym ani w jego wcześniejszych, ani późniejszych pisarskich dokonaniach.

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