Re-Defining C.S. Lewis and Philip Pullman: Conventional and Progressive Heroes and Heroines in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and The Golden Compass

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dc.contributor.authorMcKagen, Elizabeth Leighen
dc.contributor.committeechairStahl, John D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberColaianne, Anthony J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGeorge, Diana L.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:36:20Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-15en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:36:20Zen
dc.date.issued2009-04-28en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-15en
dc.date.sdate2009-05-11en
dc.description.abstractC.S. Lewis and Philip Pullman are two very popular authors of British Children's Fantasy. Their books The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and The Golden Compass straddle the period of writing that Karen Patricia Smith calls the Dynamic Stage of British Fantasy: from 1950 to the present. Both of these books are part of a larger series and both have been made into recent motion pictures by Hollywood. This paper explores these two books through the lens of their conventional and progressive authors. I discuss in detail the gifts that the heroes and heroines are given, the setting of these books, and the function of destiny and prophecy in order to explore the irony of these books: C.S. Lewis, often viewed as the more conventional author by scholars, is in fact more progressive than his contemporary counterpart.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05112009-142858en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05112009-142858/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32592en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartFinal_Thesis_McKagen.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectC.S Lewisen
dc.subjectPhilip Pullmanen
dc.subjectheroes and heroinesen
dc.subjectconventionalen
dc.subjectprogressiveen
dc.titleRe-Defining C.S. Lewis and Philip Pullman: Conventional and Progressive Heroes and Heroines in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and The Golden Compassen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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