Christian Symbolisms and Theological Influences in the Narnia Chronicles

Ⅰ) Introduction——more than just a ’Fairy tale’ Besides being prominent in the academic world for his critical and other scholarly works, C, S. Lewis (1805—1965),British writer and professor of medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, is widely accesible to the public through his novels and numerous writings on the place of Christianity in the modern world. Among the best known of his creative works are the seven ’Chronicles of Narnia’.