THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: a parallel of the characteristics and characters of the Christian religion presented in the work The lion, the witch and the wardrobe, by Clive Staples Lewis

Abstract

Clive Staples Lewis was a notable Irish writer, responsible for producing literary works of a fictional and theological nature; the success of his books meant that some of these works broke with the books and were adapted for the audiovisual world, as is the case with the Chronicles of Narnia. Despite his many theological writings, Lewis became widely known as the creator of Narnia, a series of seven fictional books that explore a world parallel to our own. The success of The Chronicles of Narnia led to these works being translated into more than 41 countries. Based on the life trajectory and influences of Clive Staples Lewis, this paper seeks to identify characteristics, symbols and characters from the Christian religion, especially from the New Testament, present in the fantasy work The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, written by Lewis. Considering intertextuality in literature, this article was developed through bibliographical research, drawing a parallel between the characters and aspects of Lewis' work and the Christian religion. Through the analysis of selected passages, the
relationships, characteristics and characters that inspire the Narnia narrative are exemplified. Jung, C.G. (2002) and Jenny (1999) were used as theoretical references, as well as dissertations, articles and other academic works on the subject.