Term of Award
Spring 2022
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English (M.A.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Literature
Committee Chair
Joe Pellegrino
Committee Member 1
Jane Rago
Committee Member 2
Amanda Konkle
Abstract
This thesis reconsiders C.S.Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia as a type of scriptotherapy that enabled Lewis to process and come to terms with a life full of serious and significant traumatic events. Trauma theory offers a vehicle for us to consider the alignments and connections between Lewis himself and his fictional creation, Caspian. In the specifics of both characterization and incident, Lewis mirrors the events and relationships that instilled and healed the trauma in his own life. In situating Caspian as his alter-ego, Lewis allowed his writing to function as a gender-specific therapeutic process for addressing the effects of his traumatic past.
OCLC Number
1320822025
Catalog Permalink
https://galileo-georgiasouthern.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01GALI_GASOUTH/1r4bu70/alma9916469449302950
Recommended Citation
Hanton, Chandler, "The Tragedy of Caspian: C. S. Lewis and His Trauma" (2022). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2363.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/2363
Research Data and Supplementary Material
No
Included in
Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons, Literature in English, British Isles Commons, Psychiatric and Mental Health Commons
