O Simbolismo Religioso no Filme As Crônicas de Nárnia : O Leão, A Feiticeira e o Guarda-Roupa, baseado na obra de Clives Staples Lewis.

Abstract

With this paper work, we seek to analyze the symbolic representation, especially religious ones that are in the book As crônicas de Nárnia – o Leão, a Feiticeira e o Guarda-roupa, written by Clive Staples Lewis, and in its cinematographic adaptation. Thereunto, mythological elements from christian religion in history are studied, making a parallel with biblical narratives. Beyond the trace elements of the text, the influences among the author’s personal life and its fiction are important for the research, since they provide a greater understanding about the creation of the work. Thus, this research aims to understand As crônicas de Nárnia from a narrative and symbolic point of view. In order to deal with the first aspect, concepts relevant to the theory of narrative are mobilized, based on the studies of Motta (2013), D’Onofrio (2007), Leite (2002), Ricoeur (1994) and Nunes (1995). Issues like narrator, fiction, fable, plot and time are studied as first element. In order to contemplate the second element in the symbolic scope, the elements of the symbol, the imaginary, the myth and the hero’s journey are developed. At this point out theoretical support is given by McGrath (2013; 2014), Duriez (2005), Corso and Corso (2011), Campbell (1963), Paz (1993) and Eliade (1961; 1963). The symbolical dictionaries from Chevalier and Gheerbrant (2012) and Cirlot (1984) have also been used. Thus, with regard to the symbolic representation within Lewis’s literary work, the character of Aslam stands out, due to his resemblance to Christ and the mythical senses associated with the lion; the four Pevensie children, for the symbolism with the number four, both within the biblical and cultural narrative; the boy Pedro, in particular, for his heroic character; and the White Witch, for the inter text with the mythological character of Lilith, considered as personification of evil. Therefore, it is considered that the question of religious symbolism enriches Lewis’s work by allowing several other readings and going back to narratives that, if seen in convergence with As crônicas de Nárnia, expand the interpretative possibilities of the fictional text.