ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Puritans
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Lewis"s defence: narnia as a secondary word independent of human world, what happens in narnia is a story of what christ would do. 3) the idea of subcreaion= secondary world; god-creator, author is sub-creator. Signiicance of seing: ww2: a) since children cannot ight in war which is ight between good and evil. They fantasize about the war serve as a liberaion from the war: prime us on war like narnia, fantasy provides a commentary to real world. 2) house far from urban area: free from parents: free to explore, acion not being constrained by parents b)romanic removal from the war, moving from city to nature (peter menions the house is wonderful inside out) 3) wardrobe: a child"s place b)portal to these fantasy is present in household object the potenial of fantasy is everywhere. Narnia is not just an imaginaion, but a faith ; just like lewis believes the presence of. Romance= summer= wish fulillment, victory of ferility over wasteland.
