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Arts & Entertainment / Narnia
« on: April 29, 2015, 07:18:45 AM »
I am sure many (if not all) of you are familiar with C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, but have any of you read them as an adult?
The reason I ask is because the setting (Narnia) is somewhat similar to my understanding of the FE model. For example, Narnia is a flat, circular world with trecherous boundries, and what lies beyond is a subject of great mystery to its inhabitants. The Narnian sun and moon are relatively small, and stars are something of a completely seperate nature (I'm guessing, however, that most FEers don't believe our stars are actually magical, sentient beings as they are in Narnia
).
I mean no insult by comparing your believed worldview to that of a work of fantasy fiction, but I found the similarities interesting. It almost makes me wonder if Lewis was familiar with the FE model as it was understood in the mid 20th century.
The reason I ask is because the setting (Narnia) is somewhat similar to my understanding of the FE model. For example, Narnia is a flat, circular world with trecherous boundries, and what lies beyond is a subject of great mystery to its inhabitants. The Narnian sun and moon are relatively small, and stars are something of a completely seperate nature (I'm guessing, however, that most FEers don't believe our stars are actually magical, sentient beings as they are in Narnia
).I mean no insult by comparing your believed worldview to that of a work of fantasy fiction, but I found the similarities interesting. It almost makes me wonder if Lewis was familiar with the FE model as it was understood in the mid 20th century.