Therapy Through Fa rie

The book views fantasy fiction rooted in J. R. R. Tolkien's concept of Farie in terms of its psychotherapeutic properties, akin to Victor Frankl's logotherapy. Therapy through Farie in the works of the Inklings and of U.K. Le Guin seems to rest on the genre's embedment in logos, 'moral imagination' and cathartic Eucatastrophe.

This book argues that the fantasy fiction rooted in J. R. R. Tolkien's concept of Farie, as represented by the fantasy works of the Inklings and of U. K. Le Guin, has certain psychotherapeutic properties. Farie's generic 'ethos' seems to draw on 'moral imagination' and on logos (meaning and word), which informs its secondary worlds and encourages a search for an unconditional sense of life, against the postmodern neo-nihilistic aporia. The book postulates an applicability of logotherapy ('therapy through meaning', developed after WW2 by Victor Frankl,) to the workings of Farie, whose bibliotherapeutic potential rests on its generic marks, identified by Tolkien as Fantasy, Recovery, Escape (breaking free from incarcerating meaninglessness), Consolation, and (cathartic) Eucatastrophe.

Autorentext

Anna Cholewa-Purgä works at Jan D ugosz University of Cz stochowa, Poland, and holds a PhD in literary studies from the University of ód . Her major research interests are fantasy literature, mythopoeia, ekphrasis and therapy in literature, as well as art and music therapy.

Klappentext

This book argues that the fantasy fiction rooted in J. R. R. Tolkien s concept of Färie, as represented by the fantasy works of the Inklings and of U. K. Le Guin, has certain psychotherapeutic properties. Färie s generic ethos seems to draw on moral imagination and on logos (meaning and word), which informs its secondary worlds and encourages a search for an unconditional sense of life, against the postmodern neo-nihilistic aporia. The book postulates an applicability of logotherapy ( therapy through meaning , developed after WW2 by Victor Frankl,) to the workings of Färie, whose bibliotherapeutic potential rests on its generic marks, identified by Tolkien as Fantasy, Recovery, Escape (breaking free from incarcerating meaninglessness), Consolation, and (cathartic) Eucatastrophe.

Inhalt

Fantasy fiction Farie The Inklings J. R. R. Tolkien C. S. Lewis Owen Barfield Charles Williams Ursula K. Le Guin Mythopoeia Moral imagination Neonihilism Logotherapy Therapy through meaning Victor Frankl Bibliotherapy Narrative therapy Catharsis Eucatastrophe Therapia pauperum.