Comparação das personagens principais e cenário do livro The Hobbit do autor J. R. R. Tolkien e das obras fílmicas An Unexpected Journey The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle Of The Five Armies

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to make a literary and cinematic comparison of the work The Hobbit written by J R R Tolkien and published in 1937, and the three filmic works An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), based on the book, directed by Peter Jackson. A comparative research was carried out using the following theorists: Carpenter (1981/1992), Stainle (2016), Raposeira (2006). Such a comparison consists in verifying if, and how the three films are faithful to the book with regard to the main characters and the setting. The hypothesis raised were confirmed. It is noteworthy that, in fact, there are differences of considerable relevance between the written literary work The Hobbit and the cinematographic works An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) including the main characters, although the three filmic works are based on the written work