THE REDEEMED LAND OF NARNIA AND ITS INTERNAL DYSTOPIAS
THE REDEEMED LAND OF NARNIA AND ITS INTERNAL DYSTOPIAS

Summary/Abstract: The Redeemed Land of Narnia and Its Internal Dystopias. This study aims to analyse the dystopian structures identified in C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, starting from the hypothesis that these structures are either metaphors of reason censoring the imagination, or, on the contrary, expressions of the evil and dark magic, through which certain characters try to control the miraculous world. Taking into consideration the fact that fantasy literature problematizes the relationship between the individual and the infinite and, to be precise, it transposes in concrete terms the archetypal conflicts and charters in finite, alternative spaces of mythical dimensions (for instance, the Paradise, the Inferno), the dystopian scenarios fulfil an essential role in the evolution of the characters that enter, travel, negotiate their place and redesign their identity inside the fantastic realm.

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