Use of descriptive detail in works of science fiction and fantasy has a significant impact on the reader's response to the work. The amount of description in the work is directly correlated to the degree of control the author has over the reader's interaction with the world of the story. In this project, the use of description in J.R.R. Tolkien's "Leaf by Niggle" is contrasted to Stanislaw Lem's use of description in "The Investigation".

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Bender, Asa Daniel

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 06D352M

Advisor

• Nikitina, Svetlana

Year

• 2006

Date created

• 2006-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright