"Take Away The Supernatural And What Remains Is The Unnatural": Power, Secularization, And G.K. Chesterton's Villains,
2012
Baylor University
"Take Away The Supernatural And What Remains Is The Unnatural": Power, Secularization, And G.K. Chesterton's Villains, J. Cameron Moore
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
Chesterton claims in Heretics that denial of the supernatural leads ultimately to the unnatural, and much of his work explores the consequences of suppressing or ignoring the fundamental religious dimensions of the human person. Indeed many of Chesterton's villains spurn religion altogether in their pursuit of social progress. In this paper, I examine the antagonists in The Ball and the Cross, Manalive, and The Flying Inn in light of their rejection of the supernatural.
In their attempts to recreate themselves and their societies, Chesterton's villains demonstrate a clear link between secularization, the loss of human freedom, and the deathly disfiguring …
Casting Truth In An Imaginary World: The Intertwining Of Reason And Imagination,
2012
Bible translator/literary consultant in South Asia
Casting Truth In An Imaginary World: The Intertwining Of Reason And Imagination, Sharon Kotapish
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
When writing The Chronicles of Narnia, did C.S. Lewis deliberately turn from the world of reason and abandon logical argument? Or did he gravitate toward imaginative fiction because story may be the best way to communicate certain kinds of truth? Just as the Narnia tales reflect major themes in Lewis' overtly Christian nonfiction works, many of the truths taught by Jesus through parable are paralleled in the Apostle Paul's expository letters. By reading a passage from Lewis'' nonfiction writing along with a reflected passage from the Chronicles, our understanding and appreciation of both are deepened.
The Necessity Of The Terrible Good In The Works Of C.S. Lewis And Charles Williams,
2012
Spring Arbor University
The Necessity Of The Terrible Good In The Works Of C.S. Lewis And Charles Williams, Kimberly Moore-Jumonville
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
Through characters like Eustace, Psyche, and Orual, and others, Lewis reminds us that transformation from what we now are is a necessity if we wish to know God. We must relinquish the lies we blindly wear and be stripped to the bone; ironically, we have to go under the water so that we don't drown or die of thirst. Pauline, of Charles Williams's Descent into Hell, "was not yet prepared to accept the terror of good" (107), but she learns that "the Lord does things in the midst of a fire" (93). Pauline's salvation lies in relinquishing her fear to …
Nothing Can Come Between God And You: Uncle Tom's Cabin, George Macdonald And Shusaku Endo,
2012
Kurume University, Japan
Nothing Can Come Between God And You: Uncle Tom's Cabin, George Macdonald And Shusaku Endo, Miho Yamaguchi
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe depicts the ways that God reveals Himself when evil seems triumphant and God appears to be silent. George MacDonald and Shusaku Endo apparently read this novel and deeply sympathized with its theology -- and subsequently developed its ideas and episodes in their own writings. In their views, nothing can come between God and each person; therefore, even apparent enemies can never victimize anyone -- they can only help us ultimately to be more closely united with God. They also illuminate that God never deserts people who feel weakest in faith.
Gandalf And Merlin, Aragorn And Arthur: Tolkien's Transmogrification Of The Arthurian Tradition And Its Use As A Palimpsest For The Lord Of The Rings,
2012
Oral Roberts University
Gandalf And Merlin, Aragorn And Arthur: Tolkien's Transmogrification Of The Arthurian Tradition And Its Use As A Palimpsest For The Lord Of The Rings, Mark R. Hall
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
Certainly J.R.R. Tolkien was very much aware of the Arthurian tradition that existed during the medieval period and even earlier, especially as depicted by Thomas Mallory in Le Morte d'Arthur. The affinities of the characters of Aragorn and Gandalf with Arthur and Merlin are too obvious not to notice, yet transformed in such a way by Tolkien that they are infused with new meaning and purpose. It is this transmogrification that connects Tolkien's work with the past and provides the palimpsest for the world he creates in his epic adventure depicted in The Hobbit and The Lord of the …
Facts And Meanings: From Word To Myth,
2012
University of Nebraska - Kerney
Facts And Meanings: From Word To Myth, David Rozema
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
The 1948 Anscombe-Lewis Debate is often cited as an example of how two of England's finest minds of the twentieth century -- C.S. Lewis and Ludwig Wittgenstein -- would have debated had they ever had the chance. Anscombe was a student of Wittgenstein's, and their debate is a case in point for showing the distinction between investigating a proposition's truth and investigating its sense, its meaning. Using remarks from the works of both men, I will show that their understanding of the meaning of language -- from single words to complete stories, including myths -- is remarkably similar; and immensely …
Further Responses To Lewis's 'Lost Aeneid',
2012
Taylor University
Further Responses To Lewis's 'Lost Aeneid', Richard James
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
For almost fifty years, since his death in 1963, C.S. Lewis, Lazarus-like, has continued through his literary executors to come forth from his literary grave, providing an almost unending, vast landscape of multimedia productions from multi-volume collections of personal letters and anthologies of essays to four major Hollywood film productions; from miscellaneous small action figures and early reader literacy booklets connected to the Narnian movies to highly technical on-stage renditions of the demonic Screwtape and the verbally combative, but highly successful off-Broadway drama, Freud's Last Session.
But beyond all of these highly visible projects, this paper will provide some reflections …
Remembering As A Source Of Creation In The Poetry Of Ezra Pound And H.D. And The Musical Representations Of The Holocaust By Arnold Schoenberg And Steve Reich,
2012
Lawrence University
Remembering As A Source Of Creation In The Poetry Of Ezra Pound And H.D. And The Musical Representations Of The Holocaust By Arnold Schoenberg And Steve Reich, Ruth J. Jacobs
Lawrence University Honors Projects
This project explores the complex relationship between language and violence. Many theorists, such as Elaine Scarry, argue that language is silenced by violence and that extreme trauma inherently defies representation. Despite the impossibility of representing trauma, its preservation is a cultural and historical necessity. I am going to examine the different ways extreme violence is depicted in both poetry and music and the complex moral issues that are raised by these representations. Ezra Pound wrote The Pisan Cantos while imprisoned in a cage at the DTC in Pisa. I plan on exploring the role of personal and cultural memory in …
Feminine Leadership: Spenser's Britomart And Lewis's Reason,
2012
John Brown University
Feminine Leadership: Spenser's Britomart And Lewis's Reason, Jonathan Himes
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
Scholars have debated the apparent sexism in many of Lewis's statements and in his views on female clergy. Without addressing these particular issues of importance in Lewisian studies, this paper will analyze Lewis's choice of a female virgin in the role of Reason who topples the giant Spirit of the Age in his early allegory, The Pilgrim's Regress. Besides the obvious influence of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress on this work and the feminine figures of the divine in George MacDonald's fiction as another influence, Edmund Spenser's female knight Britomart may have provided Lewis with the idea of a strong feminine …
Found Ipod Poem 1.0, Found Ipod Poem 2.0,
2012
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Found Ipod Poem 1.0, Found Ipod Poem 2.0, William Lamberts
Headwaters
No abstract provided.
Palabras, A Home Body,
2012
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Pussy Willows, Right Temperature,
2012
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
A Qualitative Study Of The Motivational Factors In Learning English Of Hong Kong Vocational Students,
2012
HK Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi), Vocational Training Council
A Qualitative Study Of The Motivational Factors In Learning English Of Hong Kong Vocational Students, Siu May, Yvonne Yeung
Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium
No abstract provided.
De-Centering The Dictator: Trujillo Narratives And Articulating Resistance In Angie Cruz's Let It Rain Coffee And Junot Díaz’S The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
De-Centering The Dictator: Trujillo Narratives And Articulating Resistance In Angie Cruz's Let It Rain Coffee And Junot Díaz’S The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, Kelsy Ann Mortensen
Theses and Dissertations
Narratives of resisting the Trujillo regime are so prevalent in Dominican-American literature that it seems Dominican-American authors must write about Trujillo to be deemed authentically Dominican-American. Within these Trujillo narratives there seems to be two main ways to talk about resistance. “The resistance,” an organized entity that actively and consciously opposes the Trujillo regime, can be seen in stories like those told about the Mirabal sisters. The other resistance narrates how characters capitalize on opportunities to disrupt business or political functions, thus disrupting the Trujillo machine. This resistance works much like Ben Highmore's explanation of de Certeau's resistance in that …
October Blast, Musings,
2012
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Poetic License: The Past In Creative Writing,
2012
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Poetic License: The Past In Creative Writing, Mara Faulkner Osb, Cynthia N. Malone, Karen L. Erickson, Scott Richardson
Headwaters
No abstract provided.
Short Story: "Young Soldier, The Taxi Driver",
2012
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Short Story: "Young Soldier, The Taxi Driver", Sophia Geng
Headwaters
No abstract provided.
Verse, Fall Migration,
2012
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
The Pleasures Of Prayer,
2012
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
A Flight Of Quiet Necessities, Autumn Harvest, Boy Child Lies Upon Autumn Leaves,
2012
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
A Flight Of Quiet Necessities, Autumn Harvest, Boy Child Lies Upon Autumn Leaves, Willard Marwitz
Headwaters
No abstract provided.
