Depiction of Good and Evil in The Stormlight Archive and A Song of Ice and Fire

Abstract

This master's thesis deals with the depiction of good and evil in A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin and The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson and how both authors modify or follow the depiction of good and evil by Tolkien. The theoretical part firstly introduces fantasy genre and young adult literature and shows how the selected series fit within them. After that it defines not only good and evil but also antiheroes and morally grey characters. The last part of the theoretical part describes the general conventions of the depiction of good and evil in fantasy and in Tolkien's Lord of the Ring. The analysis itself is done in four parts which focus on factions, author's concepts for depiction of good and evil, characters, and items with symbols along with the comparison of the authors with each other and also how they work with ideas of Tolkien.