Speaker: Parker Gordon, Abilene Christian University
“Mythopoeiophony: The Creation Song as Fantasy World Building”
part of larger research is exploring way that lit crit has appropriated musical terms
continue that
myth-o-pee-ah-phony
mythopoeiophony = song of creation
gravitational waves proved
2 black holes produced sound
kind of like a chirp
chirp rises to a middle C
which proves that there is sound out there in the universe.
Music is a language
As audible music exists as sound, waves, movement.
Movement of universe produces these sounds.
Classical philosophers called this the music of the spheres.
Movement, friction and water = ringing (on glass)
Author as creator (Narnia and God)
Author as sub-creator (Tolkien and fairy tales)
Initial conflict is point where reconciliation can come.
Create a perfect world.
Literary manifestations of music as …
Music’s connection to physical world
Nature evokes sound through motion
“big bang theory” = sound
“God spoke” = sound
Tolkien and Lewis describe worlds as “good” in beginning.
Song as method of creating (rather than depicting creation)
Shows how conflict enters into this perfect world.
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Laws of vibration and laws of string theory
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from CCTE 2016 Literature 5 Biblical Themes