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Rector, Ann Mansfield. "Gleams of Godlight in the trilogy a study of myth and doctrine in the science fiction of C.S. Lewis /." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1985. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1985.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2846. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves [1-2]. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [103]-106).
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Uszynski, Edward T. "Past watchful dragons the postmodern apologetic of C.S. Lewis /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
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Bresland, Ronald W. "C. S. Lewis and the Irish imagination." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414985.
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McClinch, Christopher C. "Reason, Imagination, and Universalism in C. S. Lewis." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/10111.
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Though he is generally known as one of the key voices in conservative Christianity, this thesis demonstrates that C. S. Lewis was in fact far more liberal in his view of salvation than many would expect. Lewis argued for a universalist interpretation of salvation, in which the death of Christ opened up the possibility of salvation for all of humanity, not merely those people who could be identified as Christians. Lewis did believe that people could and did choose Hell over Heaven, however, and still saw evangelism as the duty of every Christian. All of Lewis's writings are in a sense evangelistic, and all attempt to effect the conversion of the reader in the same manner in which Lewis himself was first drawn to Christianity: by baptizing the imagination in the hope that the reason will follow.Master of Arts
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Gray, Nancy L. "The integrated and balanced spirituality of C. S. Lewis." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p090-0351.
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Fernandez, Irène. "Mythe et rationalisme dans l'oeuvre de C. S. Lewis." Paris 3, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1993PA030014.
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L'imagination est generalement consideree comme etrangere a la raison. Mais elle ne peut creer des recits merveilleux, des mythes, sans avoir un rapport a la realite, et elle en dit donc quelque chose, sous son mode propre. On veut montrer, en etudiant l'oeuvre de c. S. Lewis (1898-1963), comment cette idee est parfaitement coherente avec un rationalisme de fond, si l'on admet que la raison ne peut tout dire de l'experience humaine a cause de l'inevitable abstraction de sa demarche. Il y a ainsi, de ce point de vue, une verite possible des images, mais plus encore des recits mythiques qui les organisent. Il faut donc prendre au serieux le mythe, jusque sur le plan religieux. Ce n'est pas en faire a tout coup une allegorie, comme le montrent les oeuvres de fiction de lewis, qui ne sont nullement allegoriques. Il faut lire le mythe comme revelant des aspects permanents de l'experience humaine ou de la subjectivite, dans son intimite, dans son rapport au monde, dans son rapport a dieu. Ce dernier point est capital dans l'oeuvre de lewis, penseur radicalement chretien : dans son idee et sa pratique d'une approche imaginative et indirecte de l'absolu, on peut trouver comme les lineaments d'une theo-logie poetiqueIt is often said that imagination is quite alien to reason. But reason tries to understand reality, and so does imagination, especially mythopoeic imagination, whose marvellous stories cannot have nothing to do with the real world. That is the case that c. S. Lewis, a christian and a staunch rationalist, puts forward in and by his whole work. According to him, there is some truth in myth, and we need it to offset the abstract nature of our rational thinking, which falls short of reason as logos. Therefore we must take myth seriously, even from a religious point of view. That does not means that we must take it to be allegorical : myth is no allegory, as can be shown by studying lewis's own stories, which are not allegorical. Myths are based on our acquaintace with "the other world of the spirit", and must be understood as revealing permanent aspects of human experience or subjectivity, in relation to the universe and to god. The last point is most important in lewis's thought : he has sometimes been called a lay theologian, and his imaginative and oblique approach to ultimate reality proves to have given us the outlines of something like a poetic theo-logy
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Barshinger, David. "Pain in C.S. Lewis an evaluation of The problem of pain and A grief observed /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1078.
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Vaccaro, Jacob. "Mythical, historical and allegorical narratives in Till we have faces." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1477.
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Sys, Jacques. "Le temps et l'histoire dans l'oeuvre de c. S. Lewis." Paris 8, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1989PA080366.
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Le but de ce travail est de degager ce qui, dans l'oeuvre de c. S. Lewis, constitue les elements d'une theologie de l'histoire, de demontrer que son apologetique, de meme que sa fiction ou sa critique litteraire, ont pour objet de "redonner" leur sens au temps et a l'histoire, et que ce sens ne peut se reveler que si l'on pose au coeur du reel la figure du christ. En ces temps de faillite des philosophies de l'histoire et de triomphe du relativisme, lewis va tenter, par la mediation de la figure christique d'amener le non croyant a la reconnaissance du travail de l'esprit en ce monde et de lui montrer que ce travail passe par une relation nature surnature qui donne son sens a l'histoire et sa substance au temps. Dans cette perspective, l'originalite de l'oeuvre de c. S. Lewis est qu'elle s'adresse a la raison tout autant qu'a l'imagination : la conversion recherchee ne passe pas seulement par l'assentiment intellectuel mais egalement par l'eveil de l'imaginaire aux realites surnaturelles. Aussi l'oeuvre de c>s. Lewis a-t-elle une double dimension, critique et eschatologique. Critique en ce qu'elle represente une analyse du "siecle" et de ses presupposes, et eschatologique en ce que sur la base de cette analyse c. S. Lewis elabore une dialectique du desir tout entiere tournee vers la fin de l'histoire qui marquera le commencement de la nouvelle creationThe aim of this work is to study the various aspects of c. S. Lewis's theology of history. In all his works, from his fiction down to his religious writings, lewis tries to find back the meaning of time and history, a meaning which can be revealed only if one puts christ at the very centre of reality. When all philosophies of history have failed, and when moral relativism seems to be reigning supreme, it is of paramount importance to open the eyes of the unbeliever onto the work of the holy spirit in this world and to show him how this work stems from the complex form of relationship between nature and supernature. In this respect, the originality of c. S. Lewis's work is that it addresses both reason and imagination : conversion to supernaturalism and to christ is not only the product of an intellectual assent, but also of an awakening of imagination to supernatural reality. The works of c. S. Lewis have thus a twofold aspect, both critical and eschatological; a critical aspect in that it represents an analysis of secular culture, and eschatological in that on this critical foundation lewis builds up a dialectical conception of desire through which are perceived both the end of history and the beginning of the new creation
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Starosky, Enio. "AMOR E EDUCAÇÃO EM C. S. LEWIS E JOSEF PIEPER." Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2015. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/1050.
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Previous issue date: 2015-03-25Josef Pieper and C. S. Lewis are two of the main philosophers of the 20th century. This research aims to analyse their thoughts on love and their implications to education. Pieper and Lewis are important scholars who have gained enormous respect in the academic world for their original and profound works as christian thinkers. Their studies on love each author from his own point of view are a must for everyone who is concerned with education. Lewis and Pieper share a language-centered methodology that leads to clarify the common essence of loves (Pieper) and the four loves: affection, friendship, eros and charity (Lewis). And both thinkers are focused on ordinary language. The more love is a misunderstood word the more such a philosophical analysis is required. Education for love, according to Lewis and Pieper, is centered in philosophical anthropology, and this dissertation presents the connection between their conception of love and man and the education that follows.
Josef Pieper e C. S. Lewis são dois dos principais filósofos do nosso tempo. A presente pesquisa visa analisar as doutrinas desses pensadores sobre o amor e extrair as consequências para a educação. Pieper e Lewis são importantes intelectuais, respeitados por todo o mundo acadêmico, por conta de suas obras, originais e profundas, como pensadores cristãos. Seus estudos sobre o amor cada autor com seu próprio ponto de vista são incontornáveis para todos que se ocupam da educação. Lewis e Pieper compartilham uma metodologia centrada na linguagem, o que leva à compreensão da essência comum aos amores (Pieper) e dos quatro amores: afeto, amizade, eros e caridade (Lewis). E ambos voltam-se para a linguagem comum. Quanto mais a palavra amor é distorcida e deturpada hoje em dia, tanto mais é necessária uma análise filosófica como a de Pieper e Lewis. De acordo com os autores, a educação para o amor remete à Antropologia Filosófica e esta dissertação apresenta a conexão entre a concepção de amor e a de homem, e a educação que a elas se segue.
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Gorman, William C. "Forming the organ of meaning a preliminary study of C.S. Lewis's distinction between reason as the organ of truth and imagination as the organ of meaning /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p006-1580.
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Jennings, Heather Herrick. "Visions/versions of the medieval in C.S. Lewis's The chronicles of Narnia." [Boise, Idaho] : Boise State University, 2009. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/64/.
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Kingsmill, Patricia. "C.S. Lewis on metaphor : a study of Lewis in the light of modern theory." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23850.
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Although C. S. Lewis was not a metaphor theorist, the issue of metaphor appears often enough in his writings for one to cull from them a general theoretical view. This thesis attempts to examine Lewis's thoughts on metaphor against the background of modern metaphor theory. Forty or fifty years ago such a study would have been less fruitful, for his views on metaphor so differed from contemporary theorists that their works offered no positive atmosphere in which to approach his work. Now, however, the general tenor of certain streams in metaphor theory has become more amenable to his views. Indeed, it appears that some key issues raised in modern metaphor theory exist in a seminal form in Lewis's writings. While Lewis cannot be put into any one school, modern theory offers the necessary tools with which to approach his discussions of the figure. This thesis, therefore, begins by briefly outlining the history of metaphor theory in so far as it relates to Lewis. The second chapter discusses his metaphysics, since he believed that his views on metaphor had metaphysical implications. The third and fourth chapters present Lewis's view of metaphor' process and function, as gleaned from his writings. Finally, the thesis concludes by relating Lewis's view back to his metaphysics.
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Riso, Mary. "Listening, loving, obeying the devotional inheritance and legacy of C.S. Lewis /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Gill, Scott T. "The theology of Lewis' Till We Have Faces." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Simpson, Margo Lee. "The anti-modern imagination: C. S. Lewis and "The Cosmic Trilogy"." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/8592.
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This thesis examines how in his essays and fiction C. S. Lewis voiced opposition to a tendency to idolatry of science and scientific method in the modern world. Accused of being against science and scientists, Lewis was actually opposed to misguided thinking in any realm, most especially "thought about nothing," as he muses in "Meditation in a Toolshed". This thesis attempts a reading of the three science fiction texts of The Cosmic Trilogy, focusing on Lewis's arguments against a variety of fashionable "isms", including scientism, developed discursively in his popular and academic essays. Choosing to write in the science fiction genre, enriching the genre with the addition of a spiritual quest, Lewis highlights weaknesses in earlier examples of the genre, and points to the danger to human dignity that arises from unbalanced thinking that reduces human beings to mechanistic ghosts in machines.
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Österberg, Marika. "Satire and Social Criticism in C. S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för utbildningsvetenskap och språk, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-5162.
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The essay at hand is a New Historicist reading of C. S. Lewis’ dystopian fantasy novel That Hideous Strength. According to New Historicist theory it is informed by many disciplines, namely, philosophy, history, literary theory, theology, social science, and psychology, and it attempts to lessen injustices of race and class. The essay examines how satire operates in the novel, focusing on its societal targets: totalitarianism, laboratory animals, and education. Lewis’ philosophical idea expressed in his “The Abolition of Man” – that a society that averts from what he calls universal, timeless, objective values will eventually lead to a loss of that which is truly humane – is a main theme of the novel as well as for this essay. Another, complementary, main theme is that a cultivation of the heart is necessary for individuals of society since childhood if society is going to stay humane.
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Hartley, Gregory Philip. "Lower Sacraments: Theological Eating in the Fiction of C. S. Lewis." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4329.
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For years, critics and fans of C. S. Lewis have noted his curious attentiveness to descriptions of food and scenes of eating. Some attempts have been made to interpret Lewis's use of food, but never in a manner comprehensively unifying Lewis's culinary expressions with his own thought and beliefs. My study seeks to fill this void. The introduction demonstrates how Lewis's culinary language aggregates through elements of his life, his literary background, and his Judeo-Christian worldview. Using the grammar of his own culinary language, I examine Lewis's fiction for patterns found within his meals and analyze these patterns for theological allusions, grouping them according to major categories of systematic theology. Chapter two argues that ecclesiastical themes appear whenever Lewis's protagonists eat together. The ritualized meal progression, evangelistic discourse, and biographical menus create a unity that points to parallels between Lewis's body of protagonists and the church. Chapter three focuses on the sacrament of the Lord's Supper and charges that Lewis's meals which are eaten in the presence of the novel's Christ figure or which include bread and wine in the menu reliably align with the Anglo-Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist. Chapter four studies how sinful eating affects the spiritual states of Lewis's characters. The chapter first shows how Lewis's culinary language draws from Edenic sources, resonating with a very gastronomic Fall of Humanity, then examines how the progressively sinful eating of certain characters signifies a gradual alienation from the Divine. The fifth, and concluding, chapter argues that Lewis's portrayal of culinary desire and pleasure ultimately points to an eschatological theme. This theme culminates near the end of Lewis's novels either through individual characters expressing superlative delight in their food or through a unified congregation of protagonists eating a celebratory feast during the novel's denouement. I close the study by emphasizing how this approach to Lewis's meals offers a complete spiritual analysis of Lewis's main characters that also consistently supports Lewis's own theology.
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Santos, João Marcos Lemos dos. "Natureza e graça em "O Grande Abismo" de C. S. Lewis." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2010. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/2550.
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Previous issue date: 2010-08-06This dissertation presents a study of the themes of nature and grace in C. S. Lewis' novel The Great Divorce. The first chapter introduces the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin, Julia Kristeva and C. S. Lewis concerning the relation between texts. From that theoretical foundation, the second chapter studies descriptions of the afterlife in the works Lewis borrows from most in The Great Divorce: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and Valdemar Thisted's Letters From Hell, and observes the way in which Lewis integrates these intertexts into his novel. Finally, in the last two chapters the dissertation examines different characters from The Great Divorce and the way in which they act out different aspects of human nature or divine grace, in order to determine Lewis' position as to the relation between nature and grace and his concept of salvation.
Esta dissertação apresenta um estudo dos temas de natureza e graça no romance O Grande Abismo, de C. S. Lewis. No primeiro capítulo, são introduzidas as teorias de Mikhail Bakhtin, Julia Kristeva e C. S. Lewis sobre a relação entre textos. Partindo desta base teórica, o segundo capítulo examina as descrições da vida após a morte nas principais obras das quais Lewis toma emprestado, A Divina Comédia, de Dante Alighieri, e Letters From Hell, de Valdemar Thisted, e nota as formas em que Lewis integra estes intertextos ao seu romance. Finalmente, nos últimos dois capítulos a dissertação examina diferentes personagens de O Grande Abismo, e a forma em que eles encarnam diferentes aspectos da natureza humana ou graça divina, para determinar a posição de Lewis quanto à relação entre natureza e graça e sua concepção de salvação.
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Rocha, Esdras Alexandre Silva da. "The screwtape letters de C. S. Lewis no Brasil (1964-2014)." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2018. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/3488.
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La presente investigación tiene por objetivo identificar cómo el libro The Screwtape Letters (1942), del escritor británico Clive Staples Lewis (1898 – 1963), fue recibido en Brasil a la luz de la Historia de la Lectura, mayormente los trabajos del investigador francés Roger Chartier, en una perspectiva diacrónica. Otros asuntos corolarios, subyacentes a éste, tales como el análisis literario de la obra, la materialidad del texto por medio de la presencia de paratextos editoriales – que representan el perfil del público lector que los editores tenían en mente – las cuatro traducciones nacionales que circularon en el país en el período de 1964 a 2009, sus lecturas, sus lectores y los ecos que la obra ocasionó componen la estructura de este trabajo. Las principales estrategias utilizadas fueron la investigación bibliográfica, el contacto con las editoriales y el acceso al sitio de la red social de lectores denominada Skoob. Concluimos que existe interés en la lectura del texto entre brasileños, sin embargo, el mercado editorial necessita exponerlo de manera más audaz, con estrategias más eficaces, aumentando el tiraje de impresión y actuando de forma eficiente en las nuevas plataformas de lectura, con el fin de garantizar su inclusión entre los más jóvenes.
A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo identificar como o livro The Screwtape Letters (1942) do escritor britânico Clive Staples Lewis (1898 – 1963) foi recebida no Brasil à luz da História da Leitura, mormente os trabalhos do pesquisador francês Roger Chartier, numa perspectiva diacrônica. Outras questões corolárias, subjacentes a essa, tais como a análise literária da obra, a materialidade do texto por meio da presença de paratextos editoriais, perfazendo o perfil do público leitor alvo dos editores, as quatro traduções nacionais que circularam no país no período de 1964 a 2014, suas leituras, seus leitores e os ecos que a obra suscitou compõem o arcabouço deste trabalho. As principais estratégias encontradas foram a pesquisa bibliográfica, contato com as editoras e acesso ao site de relacionamento entre leitores denominado Skoob. Concluiu-se que há interesse na leitura do texto entre os brasileiros, no entanto, o mercado editorial precisa expô-lo de maneira mais audaciosa, com estratégias mais eficazes aumentando sua tiragem e atuando de forma eficiente nas novas plataformas de leitura, a fim de garantir sua inserção entre os mais jovens.
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Shrock, Christopher A. "C. S. Lewis's moral argument for the existence of God." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p018-0109.
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Miller, Stephanie Joanne Dolskaya-Ackerly Olga. "An experiment in music romantic music aesthetics through the writings of C.S. Lewis /." Diss., UMK access, 2004.
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Thesis (M.M.)--Conservatory of Music. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2004."A thesis in music history and literature. Typescript. Advisor: Olga Dolskaya-Ackerly. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Feb. 27, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-68). Online version of the print edition.
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Ryan, Tim. "The influence of Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy on the evangelism of C.S. Lewis." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Martens, Wilfred. "Patterns of Christology, cosmology, and eschatology in the Ransom trilogy of C.S. Lewis." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683287.
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VASCONCELLOS, MARCIO SIMAO DE. "THEOLOGY AND FANTASTIC LITERATURE: THE REDEMPTION IN THE COSMIC TRILOGY C. S. LEWIS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=24451@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
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Teologia e Literatura Fantástica: a redenção na Trilogia Cósmica de C. S. Lewis investiga a relação entre teologia e literatura, destacando a importância de se ultrapassar o racionalismo reducionista, seja na prática teológica, seja na vida cotidiana. Além disso, desenvolve o conceito de redenção cristã analisando a maneira como este tema é apresentado na literatura fantástica, especialmente a forma que ele é retratado na Trilogia Cósmica do escritor irlandês C. S. Lewis. A partir desses pontos, propõe-se a literatura fantástica como espaço potencial para a prática teológica.
Theology and Fantastic Literature: the redemption in the Cosmic Trilogy C. S. Lewis investigates the relationship between Theology and Literature, highlighting the importance of overcoming reductionist rationalism, whether in practical theology, whether in daily life. It also discusses the concept of christian redemption, analyzing how this theme is presented in fantastic literature, especially the way it is portrayed in the Cosmic Trilogy by Irish writer C. S. Lewis. From these points, it is proposed the fantastic literature as a potential space for theological practice.
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Artero, Paola. "The Chronicles of Narnia de C. S. Lewis : idéologie(s) et point(s) de vue dans les traductions françaises." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018MON30063/document.
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The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956) est un célèbre recueil de sept romans, traditionnellement reconnus comme des œuvres de littérature de jeunesse et à l’origine du genre fantasy. L’un des intérêts majeurs de ces livres réside dans leur substrat symbolique, exprimé dans le texte par un double niveau de lecture qui évoque la tradition chrétienne. Notre thèse consiste en l’analyse d’un corpus incluant les originaux en anglais et les traductions françaises, publiées sous le titre de Le Monde de Narnia (2005)Sous l’égide de la traductologie de corpus (Corpus-based Translation Studies) et par une démarche interdisciplinaire empruntant des outils à la pragmatique, à l’analyse critique du discours (Critical Discourse Analysis, CDA) et à la narratologie, notre étude vise à mettre en évidence les marqueurs du point de vue idéologique, à travers une analyse semi-automatique, qualitative et quantitative. Parmi ces marqueurs sont notamment analysés les déictiques, la modalité, la transitivité, les choix lexicaux et la prosodie sémantique. Les parties du discours correspondant à ces marqueurs sont analysées notamment en lien avec l’instance du narrateur, de par son rôle clé pour l’idéologie dans le texte, et de régie dans la focalisation. Notre analyse porte une attention particulière à la dimension du sacré et aux thèmes de la violence, de la mort et du genre en traduction de littérature de jeunesse.La littérature de jeunesse, toujours plus ou moins caractérisée par un but éducatif, tout comme les livres qui constituent notre corpus, s’avère un véhicule axiologique puissant, qui reflète les valeurs qu’une société défend et transmet à un moment donné. L’instance du narrateur est au cœur de cette négociation entre systèmes linguistiques, culturels et axiologiques, qui s’exprime dans une dynamique dialogique impliquant tous les acteurs de la chaîne du livre. Notre travail a montré notamment que les traductions françaises ont tendance à affaiblir le message religieux, éloignant le regard du lecteur ou rendant flous les contours de l’espace. Dans l’ensemble, l’idéologie du texte cible est caractérisée par un certain nombre d’écarts par rapport au texte source et met en avant d’autres valeurs, pourtant présentes, elles aussi, dans l’original.Ce travail de recherche montre une méthode permettant d’aborder le texte dans le but d’une meilleure compréhension des enjeux qui sous-tendent la traduction, et en particulier la traduction de l’idéologie et du point de vue dans les livres pour enfantsThe Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956) is a well-known collection of seven novels, usually seen as belonging to the genre of Children’s literature and Fantasy. One of the main characteristics of the novels lies in their symbolic dimension, which evokes the Christian tradition and is expressed in the text through a second layer of meaning. Our thesis involves the analysis of a corpus including the English originals of The Chronicles of Narnia and their respective French translations, entitled Le Monde de Narnia (2005).The study draws on corpus-based translation studies and uses an interdisciplinary approach, in particular pragmatics, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and narratology. Through a combination of qualitative analysis and semi-automatic, quantitative analysis, it explores the ways in which a number of markers of ideological point of view are used in the translations by comparison with the initial texts. The main markers which make the object of discussion are: deictics, modality, transitivity, lexical choice and semantic prosody. The discourse features related to these markers are analysed with respect to the narrative instance of the narrator, which has a key role in conveying the ideology of the text and which controls the focalization process. Our analysis draws particular attention to the sacred dimension in the texts, as well as to the themes of violence, death and gender in children’s literature.Children’s literature is usually characterised by an educational goal, and the Narnia books prove to be a powerful means to convey values within society, at a given moment in time. The narrator is at the centre of a negotiation between two linguistic, cultural and axiological systems. This negotiation is expressed by a dialogical dynamics involving all the actors taking part in the publication process. Our research reveals that the French translations tend to weaken the religious message of the original texts, distancing the reader or blurring space boundaries. Moreover, the ideology in the target texts is characterised by a number of discrepancies by comparison with the source texts; different values are given prominence, among those already present in the Narnia books.Using a method of analysis of translated texts, the thesis brings a contribution to the understanding of the challenges a translator may face when confronted with the task of translating ideology and point of view in books for children
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Sauders, Paulette G. "The idea of love in the writings of C.S. Lewis." Virtual Press, 1987. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/530364.
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C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963) wrote both fiction and non-fiction, both essays and books throughout his life. The purpose of this study is to examine the fiction he wrote for adults in light of his expository statements about love found in his "Equality," "The Weight of Glory," Mere Christianity, and, especially, The Four Loves to see if his fiction consistently presents the same ideas about love.The body of the paper examines Till We Have Faces, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength to see if his ideas about love are included in them and to see if his ideas about love changed or developed over the years of his writing.After examining Lewis's works (excluding the Narnian Chronicles), from his earliest writings in 1936 to his latest writings in 1963, this paper concludes that Lewis's ideas about love are clearly manifested in all of his fiction, that these ideas did not change or develop over the years, and that the various kinds of love and their perversions that he treats in The Four Loves are found in the themes of his novels and consistently personified in his characters.In fact, love is the core of Lewis's writings, especially his fiction. Love is the "peg" upon which he hung all of his plots and themes and characterizations. Understanding Lewis's systematic "doctrine" of love will help any reader understand his fiction.Department of English
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Clarkson, Edward H. "Experiencing joy in Christian vocation the celebration dance of the people of God /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Guthrie, Barbara Ann Bowman. "The Spiritual Quest and Health and C.S. Lewis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330998/.
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In this study, C. S. Lewis's books, essays, stories, and poems, in addition to biographies and essays written about Lewis, were read in an attempt to understand the relationship between Lewis's spiritual quest and his total health. The spiritual quest is defined as the search for the ultimate truth and meaning of life. For Lewis, who was a Christian, the quest for the Spirit is a journey toward God-Jesus-the Holy Spirit. Health is defined as total experience; the interrelationship of the body, mind, and spirit with all there is, has been, and will be. Health is considered a changing perception, not a fixed state. The dimensions of Lewis's health—physical, psychological, social, and spiritual—are studied. Lewis's physical states, literary works, literary themes, friendships, ethics, marriage, and views on religion are considered as each relates to his determination to know and to love God. For Lewis, anything without God is nothing. God is the creator of all living things and all matter. He is the inventor of all loves and is Love. In Lewis's opinion, one's health is in direct proportion to one's love for God. When man loves God he is healthy, the more he loves Him the healthier, the less he loves Him the less healthy.
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Root, Gerald Richard. "C. S. Lewis and a problem of evil : an investigation of a pervasive theme." Thesis, Open University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412861.
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Van, der Watt Marike. "Die Afrikaanse bestemming van C S Lewis se The voyage of the Dawn Treader." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96070.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis is internationally considered as one of the classics of children’s literature. The series consists of seven books, of which only the first four were translated into Afrikaans, namely Die Towenaar se Neef (The Magician’s Nephew), Die Leeu, die Heks en die Hangkas (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), Die Perd en sy Seun (The Horse and his Boy) and Prins Kaspian (Prince Caspian). According to the publisher, Human & Rousseau, they have no intention to translate the remainder of the series. The three books that have not been translated into Afrikaans are The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair and The Last Battle. The main aim of this study is the practical translation of a selection of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The Functionalist approach of Vermeer and Nord, Toury and Chesterman’s translation norms from Descriptive Translation Studies, Venuti’s foreignisation and domestication and Klingberg’s cultural contex adaptation form the theoretical framework for both the discussion and analysis of the source text as well as the translation. The four types of translation problems as identified by Nord are used as the framework for the annotations of the translation. By doing a theoretically based translation, the connection between theory and practice is illustrated: the translator chooses a general approach and translation strategies and is consequently guided to make consistent translation choices on macro as well as micro levels.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: C.S. Lewis se Chronicles of Narnia beklee internasionaal ’n gevestigde plek in die kanon van kinder- en jeugliteratuur. Die reeks bestaan uit sewe boeke, waarvan slegs die eerste vier in Afrikaans vertaal is, naamlik Die Towenaar se Neef, Die Leeu, die Heks en die Hangkas, Die Perd en sy Seun en Prins Kaspian. Volgens die uitgewer, Human & Rousseau, word daar nie verdere vertalings van die reeks beoog nie. Die drie onvertaalde boeke in die reeks is The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair en The Last Battle. Hierdie studie fokus hoofsaaklik op die praktiese vertaling van ’n gedeelte van The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Vermeer en Nord se Funksionalisme, Toury en Chesterman se vertaalnorme uit Deskriptiewe Vertaalstudies, Venuti se vervreemding en domestikering en Klingberg se kulturele konteksaanpassing dien as teoretiese raamwerk vir sowel die bespreking en ontleding van die bronteks as die vertaling. Nord se vier tipes vertaalprobleme dien as raamwerk vir die annotasies tot die vertaling. Deur ’n teoreties gebaseerde vertaling te doen word geïllustreer hoe teorie en praktyk by mekaar aansluit: die vertaler kies ’n algemene benadering en vertaalstrategieë, en word sodoende begelei tot konsekwente vertaalbesluite op makro- en mikrovlak.
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Gonçalves, Sabrina Rosa. "O intertexto bíblico na literatura juvenil: As Crônicas de Nárnia, de C. S. Lewis." Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10923/7164.
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Previous issue date: 2015Most of the literary texts classified as juvenile literature by the publishers are similar to each other when it comes to structure. These narratives usually present myths, organized constructions that depict human cyclic trajectories, which show characters as role models. Considering, therefore, the need to identify these dialogues among mythical works, this paper analyzes the short stories “The magician’s nephew”, “The lion, the witch and the wardrobe” and “The last battle”, which compose The chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis and his biblical intertext as alternative for teenagers nowadays. Therefore, this research has three steps: the first one theorizes about intertext, based on studies of Julia Kristeva, Gérard Genette and Antoine Compagnon, and Bible as literature, from the point of view of Northrop Frye and Robert Alter; the second step, based on researches by Pierre Bourdieu, Roger Chartier and other experts in this area, ponders about the market of literary productions and brings an overview of The chronicles of Narnia, by Clive Staples Lewis, and the Bible; the third moment refers to the analysis of the intertext, considering that both have mythic structures, and to the validity of the works in question as role model for today's readers.
A maior parte das obras literárias catalogadas como literatura juvenil, pelo mercado editorial, se assemelha quanto à estrutura. Essas narrativas apresentam mitos, construções organizadas que retratam trajetórias cíclicas humanas, as quais evidenciam modelos a serem seguidos. Considerando, assim, a necessidade de identificação desses diálogos entre obras míticas, esta pesquisa analisa os contos “O sobrinho do mago”, “O leão, a feiticeira e o guarda-roupa” e “A última batalha”, os quais compõem As crônicas de Nárnia, de C. S. Lewis, e seu intertexto bíblico como alternativa para os jovens de hoje. Assim, esta pesquisa se desdobra em três momentos: o primeiro teoriza sobre intertexto, com base nos estudos de Julia Kristeva, de Gérard Genette e de Antoine Compagnon, e Bíblia enquanto literatura, sob o ponto de vista de Northrop Frye e Robert Alter; o segundo, fundamentado em pesquisas de Pierre Bourdieu, Roger Chartier e de outros estudiosos dessa área faz considerações sobre o mercado de produções literárias e traz uma perspectiva geral de As crônicas de Nárnia, de Clive Staples Lewis, e da Bíblia; o terceiro momento se refere à análise do intertexto, considerando que as duas possuem estruturas míticas, e à validade das obras em questão como modelo para os leitores de hoje.
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Longacre, Judith Evans. "The imagination in education and the contribution of C.S. Lewis /." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63770.
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Heikkila, David Laurie. "Orual, a therapeutic appreciation masks, mirrors, and metamorphosis /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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CRUZ, PAULO. "FICÇÃO CIENTÍFICA CONTRA O CIENTIFICISMO: TEOLOGIA E IMAGINAÇÃO MORAL NA TRILOGIA CÓSMICA DE C. S. LEWIS." Universidade Metodista de Sao Paulo, 2016. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/1602.
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This paper presents a study on C. S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy — that embraces Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength. We analize the theological concepts used by the author, specially the Original Sin doctrine and its relations with the concept of moral imagination, developed by the american thinker Russell Kirk.
O presente trabalho apresenta um estudo da obra Triologia Cósmica de C. S. Lewis — composta pelas obras Além do Planeta Silencioso, Perelandra e Essa força medonha —, analisando os conceitos teológicos utilizados pelo autor, sobretudo a doutrina do Pecado Original, e suas relações com o conceito de Imaginação Moral, desenvolvido pelo filósofo americano Russell Kirk.
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Gon?alves, Sabrina Rosa. "O intertexto b?blico na literatura juvenil : As Cr?nicas de N?rnia, de C. S. Lewis." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2015. http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/2213.
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Previous issue date: 2015-01-14Most of the literary texts classified as juvenile literature by the publishers are similar to each other when it comes to structure. These narratives usually present myths, organized constructions that depict human cyclic trajectories, which show characters as role models. Considering, therefore, the need to identify these dialogues among mythical works, this paper analyzes the short stories The magician s nephew , The lion, the witch and the wardrobe and The last battle , which compose The chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis and his biblical intertext as alternative for teenagers nowadays. Therefore, this research has three steps: the first one theorizes about intertext, based on studies of Julia Kristeva, G?rard Genette and Antoine Compagnon, and Bible as literature, from the point of view of Northrop Frye and Robert Alter; the second step, based on researches by Pierre Bourdieu, Roger Chartier and other experts in this area, ponders about the market of literary productions and brings an overview of The chronicles of Narnia, by Clive Staples Lewis, and the Bible; the third moment refers to the analysis of the intertext, considering that both have mythic structures, and to the validity of the works in question as role model for today's readers.
A maior parte das obras liter?rias catalogadas como literatura juvenil, pelo mercado editorial, se assemelha quanto ? estrutura. Essas narrativas apresentam mitos, constru??es organizadas que retratam trajet?rias c?clicas humanas, as quais evidenciam modelos a serem seguidos. Considerando, assim, a necessidade de identifica??o desses di?logos entre obras m?ticas, esta pesquisa analisa os contos O sobrinho do mago, O le?o, a feiticeira e o guarda-roupa e A ?ltima batalha, os quais comp?em As cr?nicas de N?rnia, de C. S. Lewis, e seu intertexto b?blico como alternativa para os jovens de hoje. Assim, esta pesquisa se desdobra em tr?s momentos: o primeiro teoriza sobre intertexto, com base nos estudos de Julia Kristeva, de G?rard Genette e de Antoine Compagnon, e B?blia enquanto literatura, sob o ponto de vista de Northrop Frye e Robert Alter; o segundo, fundamentado em pesquisas de Pierre Bourdieu, Roger Chartier e de outros estudiosos dessa ?rea faz considera??es sobre o mercado de produ??es liter?rias e traz uma perspectiva geral de As cr?nicas de N?rnia, de Clive Staples Lewis, e da B?blia; o terceiro momento se refere ? an?lise do intertexto, considerando que as duas possuem estruturas m?ticas, e ? validade das obras em quest?o como modelo para os leitores de hoje.
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Goldie, David. "Les adaptations cinématographiques des romans de J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis et J. K. Rowling." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AIXM3113.
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L’adaptation existe depuis les débuts du cinéma. Dès lors, le nombre de versions filmiques d’œuvres littéraires ne cesse de croître et l’adaptation reste au cœur de la production cinématographique partout dans. Toutefois nous constatons que l’adaptation se trouve dans une situation quelque peu paradoxale. Ce qui motive sa conception est également à l’origine de la majeure partie des critiques. D’une part, le bénéfice économique est évident. La notoriété d’un roman à succès garantit un public nombreux. D’autre part, le contexte créatif se révèle difficile car, du point de vue ontologique, l’adaptation préserve la comparaison traditionnelle en s’appuyant sur un paradigme oppositionnel des arts où le film se doit de se justifier face au texte source. Se situant à la croisée des arts, l’adaptation focalise un débat sur une hiérarchie notionnelle des arts où la narration à travers des images serait toujours perçue comme inférieure aux autres formes. Dans cette thèse, nous étudions ce phénomène dans le contexte de la résurgence de la fantasy lors des années 2000. Ce fait culturel du monde anglophone atteindra un niveau inattendu au cinéma avec le succès des adaptations des romans de J. R. R. Tolkien et de J. K. Rowling tandis que la réception des versions filmiques des œuvres de C. S. Lewis peut paraître mitigée. À partir de ces constats, nous nous interrogeons parallèlement sur le processus et le produit de l’adaptation en plaçant notre corpus au centre du débat à travers une approche descendante de comparaison. Nous espérons ainsi pouvoir apporter quelques éléments de réflexion sur l’engouement du public pour ces histoires et sur l’adaptation comme domaine d’étudeAdaptation has been a part of cinema since its very beginning. Since then, the number of film versions of literary works which appear on screen has never ceases to increase and adaptation is still at the heart of cinematic production around the world. Adaptation actually exists in a rather paradoxical situation. What motivates its conception is also the source of the majority of criticism against it. On one hand, the economic advantage is clear. The fame of a popular novel guarantees a large audience. On the other hand, its creative context can prove to be difficult since ontologically adaptation serves to preserve the traditional comparison based on an oppositional paradigm of the arts where the film has to justify itself in front of the source text. Standing at a crossroads between the arts, adaptation is the focus of a debate on a notional hierarchy within the arts where narration through images could still be perceived as inferior compared to other forms.We wanted to study this phenomenon within the context of the resurgence of fantasy witnessed in the 2000’s in this thesis. In the English-speaking world this cultural event reached an unexpected level with the success of the adaptations of J. R. R. Tolkien and J. K. Rowling’s novels while the film versions of C. S. Lewis’ works were less well received. With these points in mind, we consider the process and the product of adaptation in order to situate our corpus in the debate through a top down approach of comparison. We thus hope to bring some elements of reflections on the craze for these stories and the domain of adaptation studies
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Michaela, Notter. "Puzzle, åsnan i lejonskinnet : En analys av den litterära åsnan i C. S. Lewis The Last Battle." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kultur och lärande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-39973.
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Puzzle, the donkey in the lion’s skin, an analysis of the literary donkey in C. S. Lewis’s The Last Battle. This paper intends to examine the portrayal of donkeys in western literature by a close reading of the donkey Puzzle in C. S. Lewis’s The Last Battle. The overall purpose is to examine how donkeys have historically been portrayed in litterature. How the view of the donkey as dumb has come to be shaped by earlier Greko-Roman literature as Aesop’s fables and how it is possible to see these prejudices in the depiction of Puzzle. The focus is to understand how the negative image of the donkey has emerged and is shaped by the purpose and function the donkey has had, and still has, for humans. This paper’s questions are: How is Puzzle portrayed in C. S. Lewis The Last Battle? Is Puzzle presented as inferior/lower class? Are there any characteristics of the fool in Puzzle? The analysis shows how the old prejudiced image of the donkey can be seen in the depiction of Puzzle. This is obvious from how Puzzle is portrayed in relation to other character’s, especially how he is posed as opposite to the unicorn Jewel. But it is also visible in how Puzzle himself uses these prejudices in his defense by claiming that he is too stupid to understand; A defense often used by the fool. I argue that Puzzle bears the traits of the fool even if he remains a donkey in the end.
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Van, Eerden James Patrick. "An inquiry into the use of human experience as an apologetic tool illustrations from the writings of George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Smit, Christine. "Bakens op die weg : die bekeringsverhale van Augustinus en C.S. Lewis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50286.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Two literary conversion narratives with much historical detail, are compared in this thesis: the Confessiones written by the renowned fourth century church-father, St. Augustine, and Surprised by Joy written by the twentieth century writer and scholar, C.S. Lewis. In order to understand St. Augustine's conversion to the Christian faith, Christian religion as a social phenomenon in the Ancient World is discussed. As background for the discussion and comparison of the two conversion narratives, a brief biography is given of St. Augustine and of Lewis, as well as a description of each one's course of conversion. The research is structured In terms of beacons that St. Augustine identified during the course of his conversion: people who played a significant role, events that influenced his life, and inner conflict that spurred him on his way. By means of an analysis regarding theme and content, it is shown that there are clear similarities between the beacons identified by Augustine and Lewis in their conversion narratives.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis word twee literêre bekeringsverhale waarin die historiese werklikheid deur die skrywers weergegee word, met mekaar vergelyk: die Confessiones van die vierde eeuse kerkvader Augustinus, en Surprised by Joy van die twintigste eeuse skrywer en geleerde C.S. Lewis. Om Augustinus se bekeringsverhaal histories te kan plaas teen die agtergrond waarin hy geleef en tot bekering gekom het, word 'n uiteensetting gegee van die Christelike godsdiens as 'n sosiale fenomeen in die Antieke Wêreld. 'n Kort lewensbeskrywing van Augustinus en Lewis en 'n oorsig van die weg wat elkeen se bekering gevolg het, dien as agtergrond vir die bespreking en vergelyking van die twee bekeringsverhale. Die navorsing word gestruktureer aan die hand van bakens wat Augustinus op sy bekeringsweg uitgelig het: persone wat 'n beduidende rol gespeel het, gebeure wat hom beïnvloed het, innerlike konflik wat hom voortgedryf het. Die tesis toon deur 'n analise op grond van inhoud en tematiek aan dat daar duidelike ooreenkomste is tussen die bakens op Augustinus se bekeringsweg en dié op Lewis se bekeringsweg.
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Sellars, Jeffrey Thomas. "Reasoning beyond reason : imagination as a theological source in the work of C.S. Lewis." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683258.
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Kelly, David M. "The treatment of universalism in Anglican thought from George MacDonald (1824--1905) to C S Lewis (1898--1963)." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20968.
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Anderson, Robin. "Bridging the Past and the Present: The Historical Imagination in the Criticism and Narrative Poetry of C. S. Lewis." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/25482.
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C. S. Lewis is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but Lewis’s poetry tends to be treated separately from his other works, or as an antecedent to his more famous prose works. This thesis shows that Lewis’s paradoxical views of literary history, cultural death, reason and imagination are reflected in his narrative poems. George Watson says that Lewis was “a paradoxical thing, a conservative iconoclast, and he came to the task well-armed” (1). He is both a traditionalist and a rebel against his times. I explain Lewis’s paradoxes in terms of the concepts of history, memory, reason and imagination, and show that Lewis’s position was a negotiation of his own historical and cultural context. Lewis’s poems and scholarly work indicate that his approach to historical terms is first to underline divergence, and then to emphasize a use of seemingly polarized terms in order to unify them.
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Ward, Michael. "The Son and the other stars : Christology and cosmology in the imagination of C.S. Lewis." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2783.
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This dissertation treats the theory and practice of C. S. Lewis's theological imagination, focussing upon the imaginative use he made of his professional expertise in medieval and renaissance literature. Its approach is principally expository rather than an evaluative. Chapter One outlines the centrality of the imagination to a proper understanding of Lewis's works. Chapter Two examines Lewis's own theory of imagination and surveys how he practised it as a literary critic. We compare and contrast Lewis's theory and practice of imagination with that of his friend, the theologian, Austin Faffer. Chapter Three looks in more detail at Lewis's imaginative practice, in particular his fascination with the images supplied by the seven planets of the Ptolemaic cosmos, which he termed 'spiritual symbols of permanent value'. We analyse what he meant by 'sprit' and 'symbol'. Chapter Four introduces the main argument of the dissertation namely that these seven spiritual symbols structure the works for which Lewis is best known, the seven 'Chronicles of Narnia'. We claim to have uncovered the governing imaginative blueprint of the septet. We address Lewis's capacity for and interest in secrecy and consider why this planetary theme has remained hitherto undetected. In Chapters Five to Eleven we take the seven planets in turn and trace the use Lewis made of them through out his writings. We analyse the planetary symbolism undergirding each Chronicle and conclude each chapter with an exegesis of the Christological message of each book so understood. Chapter Twelve examines factors which motivated Lewis to focus his imaginative energies upon Ptolemaic cosmology and suggests one particular occasioning factor behind the composition of the Chronicles. In addition, we consider theological and pedagogical reasons why he kept silent about the planetary theme. We conclude by indicating certain consequences that our argument has for future readings of these seven works.
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Virmes, Junior Clacir. "Hermenêutica filosófica literária em diálogo com a teologia: o problema do mal na Trilogia Cósmica de C. S. Lewis." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2015. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/7903.
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This thesis has as its goal to study the problem of evil through literature with the aid of the literary philosophical hermeneutics. In order to develop this theme, in first place, we seek to localize this study within the religion studies. We propose that hermeneutics can be a mediator among philosophy, theology, religion studies, and their respective approaches to religion. Next, we present exemplary how the discussions of philosophy, theology, and religion studies occur inside literature. We show also, briefly, how the problem of evil is placed as a theme of interest for philosophy and theology. At the end of this part, we present C. S. Lewis, the author whose work Out of the Silent Planet is the object of our study, and we expose the methodology of this thesis. In the second chapter, we discuss panoramically the problem of evil in philosophy and theology. Then, we present a panel with the major studies that examine the interface between the problem of evil and the works of C. S. Lewis. At the end of the chapter, we list the main categories/aspects of the problem of evil which are articulated in the apologetic approach of Lewis in The Problem of Pain, and that echoes in the fictional narrative of our object of study. The main categories/aspects of the problem of evil, which relate to the first volume of the Space Trilogy are: divine omnipotence, the fall of man, the human pain and the animal pain. In order to study the problem of evil in the literature, we seek in the literary philosophical hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur a model of analysis. We abstract from the work Time and Narrative the Ricoeurian triple mímesis as an itinerary for the study of Out of the Silent Planet. At last, we apply the resulting model to the analysis of the first volume of the C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy. In mímesis I, we study the fiction environment and the characters of the story. In mímesis II, we locate the chapter in the work where the narrative can be seen as a whole. Then, we describe how the categories/aspects of the problem of evil are articulated in this part of Out of the Silent Planet, we verify how the narrative shares elements of the literature body of the time in which it was produced, and how it breaks from this tradition. In mímesis III, we approach the values and the ethical practical implications that can be verified in the reading of the book. C. S. Lewis proposes in his narrative a theodicy from a theist Christian standpoint, using fiction to transmit his way of understanding the problem of evil and its implications.
Esta dissertação tem como objetivo estudar o problema do mal através da literatura com o auxílio da hermenêutica filosófica literária. Para desenvolver esse tema, em primeiro lugar, buscamos localizar este estudo dentro das ciências das religiões. Propomos que a hermenêutica pode ser uma mediadora entre filosofia, teologia, ciências das religiões e suas respectivas abordagens à religião. Depois, apresentamos exemplarmente como as discussões da filosofia, da teologia e das ciências das religiões ocorrem dentro da literatura. Mostramos também, brevemente, como o problema do mal se coloca como tema de interesse para a filosofia e para a teologia. No final da primeira parte, introduzimos C. S. Lewis, o autor cuja a obra Além do planeta silencioso é o objeto do nosso estudo e expomos a metodologia dessa dissertação. No segundo capítulo, discutimos panoramicamente o problema do mal na filosofia e na teologia. Em seguida, apresentamos um painel com os principais estudos que examinam a interface entre o problema do mal e as obras de C. S. Lewis. Ao final do capítulo, elencamos as principais categorias/aspectos do problema do mal que são articuladas na abordagem apologética de Lewis em O problema do sofrimento e que ecoam na narrativa ficcional do nosso objeto de estudo. As principais categorias/aspectos do problema do mal que se relacionam com o primeiro volume da Trilogia cósmica são: a onipotência divina, a queda do homem, o sofrimento humano e o sofrimento animal. Para estudar o problema do mal na literatura, buscamos na hermenêutica filosófica literária de Paul Ricoeur um modelo de análise. Abstraímos da obra Tempo e narrativa a tríplice mimese ricoeuriana como roteiro para o estudo de Além do planeta silencioso. Por fim, aplicamos o modelo resultante à análise do primeiro volume da Trilogia cósmica de C. S. Lewis. Em mímesis I, estudamos a ambientação da ficção e os personagens da história. Em mímesis II, localizamos o capítulo da obra onde a narrativa pode ser vista como um todo. Então, descrevemos como as categorias/aspectos do problema do mal são articuladas nessa parte de Além do planeta silencioso, verificamos como a narrativa compartilha elementos do corpo literário da época em que foi produzida e como ela rompe com essa tradição. Em mímesis III, abordamos os valores e as implicações éticas práticas que podem ser verificadas na leitura do livro. C. S. Lewis propõe em sua narrativa uma teodiceia desde um ponto de vista teísta cristão, utilizando-se da ficção para transmitir sua maneira de entender o problema do mal e suas implicações.
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Cullen, Charles David. "C. S. Lewis, apologiste de la foi chretienne : sa lutte contre les effets secularisant du materialisme et du naturalisme (texte en anglais)." Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987STR20046.
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C. S. Lewis reconnait ce que le materialisme et le naturalisme representaient de menaces pour un christianisme tourne vers le surnaturel. La question principale, a laquelle la these s'impose de repondre est: la foi chretienne historique, telle qu'elle est presentee par lewis, offre-t-elle un defi convenable pour la conception seculaire et pour en appeler au sceptique intelligent? ayant situe lewis dans son epoque, nous examinerons les points qui representent son combat contre la vue materialiste du monde: 1) la necessite de comprendre le changement radical survenu dans la facon de penser, inspiree par "la naissance des machines" au xixe siecle; 2) le role joue par ce que lewis appelle "le mythe evolutionnaire" dans le processus de croissance d'une societe a orientation technologique; 3) la manifestation d'un "snobisme chronologique" egocentrique. Ces points sont suivis par une etude de l'approche qu'a lewis des doctrines de dieu, de l'homme et des ecritures qui revelent les trois domaines que lewis considerait comme essentiels dans la defense du christianisme contre les vues non transcendantes du monde. Deux buts sont donc atteints: nous voyons les points de divergence entre ses recherches et la theologie contemporaine ainsi que la vision naturaliste du monde, et nous voyons de quelles manieres les positions qu'il a adoptees ont ete proposees comme correctives. D'un point de vue philosophique, lewis cherchait a etablir un fondement a la foi dans l'existence de dieu. Il utilisait dans ce but trois arguments: qu'a a partir de l'existence d'une loi morale, de la raison, et de l'existence des aspirations qui ne peuvent etre satisfaites par le temporel, nous pouvons deduire l'existence de dieu. La conclusion est un resume de certains aspects du naturalisme, que lewis ressentait plus a meme d'etre attaque, aussi bien qu'un compterendu de l'etendue du succes des arguments contenus dans ses ecrits contre le materialisme naturalismeC. S. Lewis recognized that materialism and naturalism threaten a supernaturally-oriented christianity. The principal question which the thesis addresses is "does the historic christian faith exposed by lewis offer a means of challenging the secular view, and can this faith appeal to the intelligent skeptic?" after setting lewis in perspective theologically and philosophically, we examine the points which represent his general challenge of the materialistic world view: 1) the need to understand the radical change in thinking prompted by the "birth of machines" in the nineteenth century; 2) the role played by what lewis calls the "evolutionary myth" in the on-going growth of a technologically-oriented society; 3) the manifestation of self-centered "chronological snobbery. " next is an examination of lewis' approach to the doctrines of god, man, and scripture which represent three areas lewis felt were essential to the defense of christianity against non-transcendent world views. Two goals are thereby achieved: we see where lewis differs in his outlook from contemporary theology and the naturalistic world view; and, we see in what ways the positions he took were offered as correctives. From a philosophical perspective, lewis sought to establish a basis for belief in the existence of god. He used three arguments for this purpose, namely, that from the existence of a moral law, reason, and the existence of desires which cannot be satisfied by any temporal object, we may infer the existence of god. The conclusion is a summary of certain aspects of naturalism which lewis felt were most susceptible to attack, and a statement about lewis' success in his writings against materialism naturalism
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Derrick, Stephanie Lee. "The reception of C.S. Lewis in Britain and America." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19765.
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Since the publication of the book The Screwtape Letters in 1942, ‘C. S. Lewis’ has been a widely recognized name in both Britain and the United States. The significance of the writings of this scholar of medieval literature, Christian apologist and author of the children’s books The Chronicles of Narnia, while widely recognized, has not previously been investigated. Using a wide range of sources, including archival material, book reviews, monographs, articles and interviews, this dissertation examines the reception of Lewis in Britain and America, comparatively, from within his lifetime until the recent past. To do so, the methodology borrows from the history of the book and history of reading fields, and writes the biography of Lewis’s Mere Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia. By contextualizing the writing of these works in the 1940s and 1950s, the evolution of Lewis’s respective platforms in Britain and America and these works’ reception across the twentieth century, this project contributes to the growing body of work that interrogates the print culture of Christianity. Extensive secondary reading, moreover, permitted the investigation of cultural, intellectual, social and religious factors informing Lewis’s reception, the existence of Lewis devotees in America and the lives of Mere Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia in particular. By paying close attention to the historical conditions of authorship, publication and reception, while highlighting similarities and contrasts between Britain and America, this dissertation provides a robust account of how and why Lewis became one of the most successful Christian authors of the twentieth century.
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Sant'Anna, Elaine Carneiro Domingues. "Análise da tradução das intertextualidades bíblicas realizada na obra O leão, a feiticeira e o guarda-roupa, de C. S. Lewis." Florianópolis, SC, 2010. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/94226.
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Bah, Juho. "Metal-Free Catalysis for Efficient Synthesis." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Organisk kemi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-144577.
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The strength of efficient metal-free catalysis will be examined in this thesis. Efforts towards more sustainable processes will be demonstrated through implementation of strategies that meet several of the 12 principles of Green Chemistry.In the first part, a stereoselective total synthesis of multiple alkaloids from the Corynantheine and Ipecac families together with their non-natural analogues will be disclosed. A highly efficient, common synthetic strategy is applied leading to high overall yields starting from easily available starting material. Overall operational simplicity and sustainability have been the main focus. Time-consuming and waste-generating isolations and purifications of intermediates have been minimized, as well as the introduction of protection-group chemistry. Moreover, the first example of the total synthesis of Hydroxydihydrocorynantheol together with its non-natural epimer has been accomplished in multi-gram scale without protection groups and without a single isolation or purification step in high overall yield and diastereoselectivity.In the second part, carbocations will be presented as highly effective and versatile non-metal Lewis acid catalysts. Lewis acidity-tuning of carbocations will be introduced and applied in several reactions to suppress competing reactions. Finally, the broad scope of carbocation catalyzed transformations will be exposed.At large, evident progress has been made towards more sustainable chemistry.QC 20140425
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VASCONCELLOS, MARCIO SIMAO DE. "CHRISTIAN MYSTIQUE AND FANTASTIC LITERATURE: THE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE IN C S LEWIS AND THE FANTASTIC LITERATURE AS A WAY OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTIQUE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2018. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=36243@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
Esta tese busca relacionar mística cristã, que é o fundamento da própria teologia, e literatura fantástica compreendendo esta como lugar tanto da teologia como da experiência mística. Afirmamos, portanto, que a literatura fantástica constitui uma forma de expressão da mística cristã. O que há em comum entre as definições desses conceitos é a dimensão do mistério que ambos compartilham. Pois, por um lado, a mística nos lembra da inefabilidade divina, diante da qual toda expressão da linguagem, embora necessária à sistematização da fé, revela-se insuficiente, uma vez que a experiência de Deus ultrapassa os limites do conhecimento racional-lógico da realidade. Por outro lado, a literatura fantástica introduz no mundo cotidiano a dimensão do insólito, do fantástico, do maravilhoso que enriquece a própria vida. Ambas traduzem experiências que são inquietantes e fundamentais à vida humana. Estas experiências inquietantes estão intimamente vinculadas à dimensão teológica e mística da existência. Por isso, a literatura fantástica é capaz de transmitir experiências profundamente humanas, incluindo as experiências teológicas e místicas. A partir dessa relação, o objetivo é investigar a experiência pessoal e algumas obras ficcionais do escritor irlandês C. S. Lewis a fim de perceber como, seja em sua vida, seja em sua produção literária, Lewis aborda questões vinculadas à mística cristã e à teologia por meio do uso da literatura fantástica.
This thesis seeks to relate Christian mystique, which is the foundation of theology itself, and fantastic literature comprising this as a place of both theology and mystical experience. We affirm, therefore, that the fantastic literature constitutes a form of expression of the Christian mystique. What is common in the definitions of these concepts is the dimension of the mystery they both share. For, on the one hand, mystique reminds us of the divine ineffability, in the face of which every expression of language, though necessary to the systematization of faith, is insufficient, since the experience of God goes beyond the limits of rational-logical knowledge reality. On the other hand, fantastic literature introduces into the everyday world the dimension of the unusual, the fantastic, the wonderful that enriches life itself. Both translate experiences that are disturbing and fundamental to human life. These disturbing experiences are intimately linked to the theological and mystical dimension of existence. That is why fantastic literature is able to convey profoundly human experiences, including theological and mystical experiences. From this relationship, the aim is to investigate the personal experience and some fictional works of the Irish writer C. S. Lewis in order to realize how, in his life or in his literary production, Lewis addresses issues related to Christian mystique and theology through the use of fantastic literature.