The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe 1: The Tolkien Jar

In this episode, we discuss C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, chapters one to five. Welcome to Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction! In this episode, we delve into the history of C.S. Lewis’ masterpiece, introduce Foucault’s author-function, and contrast Tumnus and the White Witch, the classic and the modern, three kinds of toast and Turkish delight. Unanswered Questions: What is the role of the parenthetical author-function in the novel? (This, as you know, is the kind of question a good child asks.) What does the implied moral schema of the novel have to say about Edmund? We observe greed and cowardice and Peter recounts wrath — does he demonstrate other sins? Do you agree that the White Witch’s crime is not the winter itself, but the forestalling of the natural order, and the passage of time? Footnotes: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Lewis) The Death of the Author (Barthes) What Is An Author? (Foucault) Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories (Lewis) An Experiment In Criticism (Lewis) C.S. Lewis: A Biography, Revised (Green) The Hobbit, Or, There And Back Again (Tolkien) Mere Christianity (Lewis) The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis (Jacobs) To support the podcast, join the conversation on Discord and get access to monthly bonus episodes, please visit Patreon.com/NextWord and pledge your support! Stars & Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction is a part of Next Word. It is written and produced by Alastair Stephens. Copyright © 2023 Stars & Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction. All Rights Reserved. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★