My guess is that most adult readers of the Narnia books (regardless of religious affliation or lack thereof) do not find them any less enjoyable just because they are allegories. Part of it is that the allegory isn't nearly as overbearing as some people like to present it as. The other part is that much of the allegory is *both* Christian and magical. Aslan's resurrection is a representation of Jesus' resurrection, but it's also a very real sort of 'deep magic' that you find in myth and folklore throughout history. The reference to 'deep magic' is not something that Lewis is just making up to allow him to 'sneak' Christian imagery into the text. It's a very real element of story (most recent example I can think of is in Neil Gaiman's American GodsI'm going to post more about this later on my journal, so I won't ramble on here
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Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree that, while it is an allegory, it is still really awesome and not just christianity all painted and gussied up and then trying to be passed off as a great story...
I wish I could find some of my old papers - CS Lewis had lots to say about the power of myth, and storytelling and how it is the truest representation of the truth, and how myth isn't false just because it is myth, etc. He was an atheist for most of his life, a scholar in medieval literature, philosophy and probably a couple of languages :). He rocked pretty hardcore.
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I wish I could find some of my old papers - CS Lewis had lots to say about the power of myth, and storytelling and how it is the truest representation of the truth, and how myth isn't false just because it is myth, etc. He was an atheist for most of his life, a scholar in medieval literature, philosophy and probably a couple of languages :). He rocked pretty hardcore.
And yes, I'm really excited about the movie.
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I am excited adn worried about the movie. The books are so important to me, I couldn't bear to see them ruined.
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