ENGL 2011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Turkish Delight
14 Sep 2016
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The lion, the witch and the wardrobe day 2. Going through door is transformative experience- like opening the cover of a book. Fur coats hanging in closet, says that there"s nothing she likes more than fur- foreshadowing of how lucy responds to aslan when he is resurrected. Aslan is never seen eating meet or harming anyone, unless absolutely necessary. Pagan, christian and other religious figures mixed together in novel, whichever ones interested lewis e. g. aslan (christian), father christmas (pagan), mr. tumnis (greek/roman) Made from apple wood from narnia (from other book in series) Plans to turn her in, but once he spends time with her he can"t do it. Lewis loved greek and roman myths so incorporated into novel. Tumnis says there"s no humans in narnia and he"s never seen one before. Importance of children reading the right books, and children"s literature. Lucy hears robin psst, from reading children"s stories mr. tumnis says robins are good.
