Samuel Sant'Ana is currently taking his D.Phil. in Literature from State University of São Paulo (UNESP, Brazil), the same university by which he holds a BA in Literature and Languages and an MA in Literary Studies. He has been at the University of Oxford as a recognised student, being affiliated with the English Faculty under the supervision of the Tolkien Scholar Stuart D. Lee. He taught French in the State University of São Paulo in 2024 and has also been a Portuguese teacher of the Department of Education of São Paulo since 2021. He is a member of the ENT (Tolkienian Narrative Studies), an academic group devoted to the study of Tolkien's works in Brazil, and also a member of Tolkien Society. He has published in Brazil articles, essays and book chapters concerning Tolkien and Medieval Literature.
Tolkien-related Publications:
(2025) The Myth of Orfeo in England: An Analysis of the Sir Orfeo lay (O mito de Orfeu na Inglaterra: uma análise da balada Sir Orfeo). Nuntius Antiquus, v. 21, p. 1-21.
(2025) Sigurd, the Völsung, reconstructed by Tolkien (Sigurd, o Völsungo reconstruído por Tolkien). Rio de Janeiro: Dialogarts, v. 3, p. 198-230.
(2023) The Thousand Faces of Tragedy: Túrin Turambar and the Tragic Legacy in Tolkienian Fantasy (As mil faces da tragédia: Túrin Turambar e o legado trágico na fantasia tolkieniana). Chisinau: Novas Edições Acadêmicas. v. 1. 189p.
(2023) The Tragic Hero of The Kalevala in the Words and in the Pictorial Representation (O herói trágico do Kalevala nas palavras e na representação pictórica). Parafernália literária: estudos sobre crítica, poesia, drama e relações intersemióticas. Uberlândia: Pangeia Editorial, v. 2, p. 201-211.
(2022) Tolkien in Drama: An Analysis of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's son (Tolkien no drama: Uma análise de The homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's son). Scripta Alumni, v. 25, p. 48-59.
(2021) The Finnish Oedipus: Túrin Turambar (O Édipo finlandês: Túrin Turambar). In: ROSSI, Cido; STAINLE, Stéfano. (Org.). Folhas da Árvore: a ficção de Tolkien. Rio de Janeiro: Dialogarts, v. 1, p. 192-229.
Academic profile and full list of publications:
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