Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1987

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Greer, Allen W.

Abstract

In his writings C.S. Lewis expresses a distinctly individual concept of the significance, nature, and relevance of the romance genre. Viewing the primary function of literature as the presentation of a transcendent, absolute reality, he believes that romance fulfills that function better than any other literary genre. It does so because that reality is best apprehended by the Imagination, and romance, as o type of mythopoelc literature. Is the genre which Is most dominated by the imagination. The distinguishing elements of Lewis's concept of romance include the presence of the marvelous, reollsm of presentation, the engagement of the reader’s emotions, the primacy of "story" the typal nature of the characters, and the importance of setting. These elements Interact to create a kind of romance which serves a healing function in contemporary society—revealing meaning, giving wonder, and conveying moral truths.

Extent

84 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT14365

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