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This 4 page paper examines the novel Cry the Beloved Country and argues that its author has succeeded in creating a South African mythology with this novel. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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a tool for establishing a mythology for South Africa, and the extent to which that mythology remains operative today. Discussion The idea of a countrys mythology being embodied in its
literature found relatively recent expression in the thinking of J.R.R. Tolkien, who once wrote that "[England] has no stories of its own, not of the quality that I sought, and
found in legends of other lands" ("Tolkien and Mythology"). Many Tolkien scholars believe that he wrote his wonderful Lord of the Rings trilogy in part to give England a mythology
it lacked. His sources give us a glimpse of what is meant by a national mythology: although we are very familiar with the Greek and Roman myths, Tolkien was more
drawn to the darker Northern works; "particularly the Scandinavian myth cycle known as The Elder Edda, which provides many of the names he used in The Hobbit ("Tolkien and Mythology").
These myths were known to everyone in the country and embodied some of the ideals and principles that were important to them. If we consider Tolkien and how he
created his world of Middle Earth, we can extrapolate to consider whether Alan Patons work is successful in creating a similar universe. What is notable about Tolkien is that his
world makes internal sense. Each race (Elves, Dwarves, Men, Orcs, etc.) has a distinct language; a distinct culture; distinct beliefs and so on. Elves are beautiful and noble, so there
are no elven characters who are cowards or liars. The dwarves, likewise, are an earthy race, practical, hard-working and gifted stone masons; they do not suddenly fly. In other words,
all of Middle Earth, the good and the evil, makes sense and it all forms a coherent whole. It is a reflection of our world, but much more sharply drawn-after
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