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Ironic Silmarillion Collectibles? Adaptation as Analysis, part 2

12 Wednesday Feb 2020

Posted by Anna Smol in Fan studies, pedagogy, Tolkien

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Adaptation as Analysis: Creative Work in an English Classroom, ENGL 4475, Fandom as Classroom Practice, Jordan Audas, Silmarillion collectibles, The Silmarillion

This is the second in a series showcasing student projects in my Tolkien and medievalism course this year. Given the option of producing an adaptation of a medieval text or a work by Tolkien, my students can sometimes surprise me in their creative choices, as did Jordan Audas, who created Silmarillion collectible “toys” — with a touch of humour.

I’ve written about the purpose of these adaptation projects in Katherine Howell’s volume, Fandom as Classroom Practice. Further information and links can be found here.

Jordan wrote an essay on Tolkien fandom and merchandising and then considered themes of evil and death in The Silmarillion as the background for his meticulous workmanship in building his Silmarillion collectibles. Each one of his collectibles deals with an ephemeral, intangible moment in Tolkien’s legends dealing with death. Would you still want to collect them?

With Jordan’s permission, here are his collectibles:

Top row: Glaurung’s Smoke, Beren’s Hand, Morgoth and Ungoliant’s Great Darkness. Bottom row: Fingon’s Dust, Feanor’s Ashes, and the back view of all the boxes. Click on an image for the slideshow. All images copyright of Jordan Audas.

Glaurung's Smoke by Jordan Audas
Beren's Hand by Jordan Audas
Morgoth and Ungoliant's Great Darkness, by Jordan Audas
Fingon's Dust by Jordan Audas
Feanor's Ashes by Jordan Audas
Sil collectibles back view by Jordan Audas
  • Adaptation as Analysis: Student Projects on Tolkien and Medievalism, part one
  • Anna Smol, “Adaptation as Analysis: Creative Work in an English Classroom.” Fandom as Classroom Practice: A Teaching Guide, edited by Katherine Anderson Howell, U of Iowa P, 2018, pp. 17 – 31 and 147-50.
  • English 4475: Studies in Medievalism: Tolkien and Myth-making

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