The Chronicles of Narnia

triumph over evil. Aslan is labeled as a divine figure in the novel; he is also known as the son of the Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea. Aslan’s death and resurrection is like that of Christ. The four children are all considered important to in the world of Narnia, but in the real world they are

In the fourth chapter of Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster addresses the complex network of relationships amongst literary works. These relationships are further defined as intertextuality, “the ongoing interaction between poems or stories” (29). The idea of intertextuality is that no text is “wholly original” (24). Every composition in literature is a blend of previous writings, directly or indirectly conveying ideas from other published literary works. As a result

perspectives of Saint Augustine and will discuss his ideas about the role of women in the Fall of Man, his views on intentionality and the nature of evil, and the ways in which his teachings influenced C.S. Lewis and his literally works in The Chronicles of Narnia. To begin, Saint Augustine had a utilitarian view of women, and his writings would influence the early Catholic and Protestant churches for centuries to come. In addressing the Fall of Man, Augustine believes that Adam and Eve had different

C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis was a famous Christian and children’s literature author. Even 50 years after his death, his Chronicles of Narnia books are still a favorite of young children and his Christian books are still read by Christians today. Clive Staples Lewis was born on November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Ireland into a Christian family. His parents were Albert James Lewis and Flora Augusta Hamilton Lewis. He had a brother named Warren Hamilton Lewis. When he was younger, he had a dog named Jacksie

In the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, the Christology of Christ, which is the personality/nature of Christ, is made clear throughout the film and book through the character, Aslan. We first find out that the book is mentioning Christological ideas when Aslan mentions a presence that judges right and wrong, who is greater than all people. He is referring to God in Heaven who will judge us at the end of time. The Paschal Mystery of Christ, which the Passion, Death, Resurrection

level. One of the most popular was written in 1949 and is the second in a seven story series. This story became so famous that there are multiple movie adaptations and renditions that have captivated people for years. C.S. Lewis’s story The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will take the reader on a wild journey through symbolism to exhibit Christian ideologies, items, and even people. While searching through Lewis’s

Miracles, and later Mere Christianity, a hallmark of religious classics. While the younger generation pondered how Narnia could fit into something as small as a wardrobe, mature readers would have mulled over a different question. How does The Chronicles of Narnia fit into his other religious works?

C.S. Lewis survives in the lives of many and continues to live on through his brilliant and artful use of language in his books. An adventurer at heart Lewis loved to create tales to entertain and inspire others. Adam Gopnik expresses, “The tales of the English children who cross over, through a wardrobe, into a land where animals speak and lions rule, which Lewis began in the late nineteen-forties, are classics in the only sense that matters—books that are read a full generation after their author

love, and in addition pardoning, leniency, and grace, are ideals in Rowling's dreamland. This denotes a move far from the subject of creation, and a stage towards the topic of allurement in the Narnia Chronicles. The subject of allurement is available in both the Bible and the Narnia Chronicles, and Lewis regularly displays his presentations of enticement after stories and characters from the Bible. The part of the Witch, then again, advances from being an image of malevolent to being contrasted

for The Chronicles of Narnia series and the book of Mere Christianity, although he has written more than 40 books. In 1916, C.S Lewis was drafted into the army to serve in war, an experience that turned him into an atheist. In 1929, Lewis converted from atheism to theism and in September of 1931, after talking to his close friend, J.R.R Tolkien, Lewis became a Christian. C.S. Lewis started to write about Christianity and on October 16, 1950, he published the first book novel in the Chronicles of Narnia