"The Chronicles of Narnia" as Knightly Story

Essai , 2010 , 24 Pages

Didactique de l'Anglais - Littérature, Œuvres

In their texts, The Chronicles of Narnia, the novel is full of elements of myth. Some of the concepts in the novel are borrowed from Greek Mythology, like the fauns, centaur, dryads, and minotaur, while giants, dwarfs are from the Norse mythology. Also, elements of Christianity are also seen in the novel, such as Aslan the lion, often compared to Jesus Christ. Apart from these, one can trace the various archetypal images, so strongly linked with the one very particular type of the story – that of the quest.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Knight on Errand
1.1. The explanation of term Holy Grail
1.2. The characteristics of knight and knighthood
1.3. The development of Arthurian Legend
1.3.1. The Pseudo-Historical, Romantic Arthur

Chapter 2: Chronicles of Narnia as the Story of Archetypal Meaning
2.1 The Mythology of Narnia and the Knight of Grail embodied in Peter
2.2. Peter’s Appearances’ in The Chronicles of Narnia

Chapter 3: The Hero’s Point of View
3.1. Peter – the Leader, the Hero, the King
3.2. Is Peter worth being a knight or Christian knight?
3.3. Courtesy in spite of ‘facts but not logic’

Conclusion

• Auteur: Marta Zapała-Kraj (Auteur)
• Année de publication: 2010
• Pages: 24
• N° de catalogue: V288405
• ISBN (ebook): 9783656886785
• ISBN (Livre): 9783656886792
• Langue: anglais
• mots-clé: Holy Grail, Arthurian romance, The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis, Peter, knighthood, mythology, code of chivalry, Narnia