Barna, Silvina

C. S. Lewis the mythopoeic christian - Buenos Aires Instituto de investigación Conceptos (UMSA) 42583 - p. 185-196 - 91497 .

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Título y abstract en español e inglés.

In The Inklings H. Carpenter reproduces a conversation between J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis in which the former explains that pagan myths are, in fact, God expressing Himself through the minds of poets, and using images of their mythopoeia to express fragments of His eternal truth (Carpenter 1979: 44). Lewis as a subcreator clearly represents this vision in his fiction works The Last Battle (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Out of the Silent Planet, Peralandra and That Hideous Strength (The Space Trilogy). He draws on his own experience and his sacramental vision of the Universe. Making use of his extraordinary creative capacity, Lewis gives readers the choice to interpret his texts both literally and allegorically. Myth becomes a vehicle through which the author conveys a message that goes beyond the fictional universes of the novels themselves.

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CRITICA LITERARIA
LENGUAJE POETICO
LEWIS, C.S.
LITERATURA
LITERATURA FANTASTICA
LITERATURA INGLESA
MITOPOEIA
MITOS
TEXTOS POETICOS
TOLKIEN, J. R. R.

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