The Refiguration of Body and Soul: Time and Narrative in C.S. Lewis's Retelling of the Cupid and Psyche Myth

This paper presents a reading of C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold in light of Mikhail Bakhtin and Paul Ricoeur’s analysis of time’s role in transformation. I will focus on the narrative dynamics Lewis achieves by incorporating the temporal into the fabric of his narrative. This approac...

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Main Author: Matthew Lukens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2012-11-01
Series:Amaltea: Revista de Mitocrítica
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/AMAL/article/view/40592