C.S. Lewis’s parables as revisited and reactivated biblical stories

C.S. Lewis’s parables as revisited and reactivated biblical stories

Based on Paul Ricœur’s conceptual analysis of the Gospels’ parables, this paper will aim at showing how C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) resorted to parable telling as a way of metaphorizing his apologetic discourse. By revisiting foundational texts (cosmogonic stories, temptation scenes in a garden, repetiti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Daniel Warzecha
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès 2017-04-01
Series:	Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone
Subjects:	(re)effectuation imagination parable performativity Jean Ladrière C.S. Lewis
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/9890

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