A intertextualidade bíblica na obra As crônicas de Nárnia, de C.S. Lewis: uma análise dos contos “O sobrinho do mago” e “O leão, a feiticeira e o guarda-roupa”

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the intertextuality used for the construction of the short stories The Magician's nephew, (1955) and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), present in the book by C.S. Lewis, Irish writer, The Chronicles of Narnia (2009). It is noted in the work the inclusion of biblical elements to support the plot of the tales themselves, as well as in the formation of some of the characters, such as the lion Aslan who, in a way, stars in the narrative of C.S. Lewis. It is also presented here the applicability of mythology and fantastic literature within the literary work and how the combination of these elements, together with the biblical factors used, form a work endowed with meanings and literary importance. For this, this work starts from the understanding of the main points of this work that are the intertextuality, the fantastic narrative, the Bible, and the literature. Thus, intertextuality and how it can be applied in a literary text is based on the studies of Ingedore Villaça Koch and Tiphaine Samoyault, as well as the essence of the fantastic narrative and the elements that compose it within Lewis's short stories, based on the studies of T. Todorov. Finally, to understand the biblical foundations applied to the context of the work, some research by Northop Frye, among other authors, was used.