Here is a list of essays that we think are helpful for analyzing some of the fantasy conventions used in Eragon.
Bibliography
- "Dwarves Are Not Heroes": Anti-Semitism and the Dwarves in JRR Tolkien's Writing by Rebecca Brackmann
- "The Unbearable Baggage of Orcing" by N.K. Jemisin
- "The Visions Take Their Toll: Disability and the Cost of Magic" by Dominik Parisien
- "The Tao of 'Star Wars,' Or, Cultural Appropriation in A Galaxy Far, Far Away" by Kevin J. Wetmore Jr.