Abstract
Recent scholarship has taken an interest in C. S. Lewis's political views and how they are manifested in his fiction. However, few have thoroughly analyzed the specific political implications of his children's series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Part of this may be because Lewis himself insisted his fiction was nonpartisan. The heavily religious allegories in the series can also overshadow the political commentary. This thesis contributes to the growing discourse on political commentary in Lewis's fiction by identifying four concerns he had with progressive education and then demonstrating how he criticizes them in Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair. It then proposes that Lewis presents Narnia as a remedy to progressive education by providing a moral, classical, and literary education to its fictional visitors and real-life readers.
Degree
MA
College and Department
Humanities; English
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Johnson, Megan Marie, "Progressive Education in C. S. Lewis's Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair: Narnia as a Remedy to The Green Book" (2023). Theses and Dissertations. 9923.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9923
Date Submitted
2023-04-18
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd12761
Keywords
education, Lewis, Narnia, progressive, politics
Language
english