Of Elephants and Otters

C. S. Lewis’ 'Out of the Silent Planet' as a Palimpsest for Philip Pullman’s 'The Amber Spyglass'
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dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage207
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage227
dc.contributor.authorOppermann, Eva
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-27T15:53:03Z
dc.date.available2024-05-27T15:53:03Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis essay will compare the <i>Perelandra-Trilogy</i> by C. S. Lewis to Pullmans <i>His Dark Materials</i>, the former of which can be regarded as a palimpsest to the latter. Especially the parallels between the hrossa-episode (Lewis) and the mulefa-episode (Pullman) will be investigated in this context. The similarities between the two stories, especially when they cannot be explained as genre-typical motifs in the field of fantasy fiction, are used by the two authors to transport opposing messages to the reader: whereas Lewis preaches the subordination to his Christ-representing Maleldil, Pullman supports human freedom and the evolutionary power which comes from chance. The reversed character constellation supports rather than weakens the similarities between the works.
dc.description.abstractIn diesem Aufsatz sollen Lewis' <i>Perelandra-Trilogie</i> und Pullmans <i>His Dark Materials</i> dahingehend miteinander verglichen werden, dass erstere ein Palimpsest zu letzterer darstellt, wobei hier insbesondere die Hrossa-Episode (Lewis) und die Mulefa-Episode (Pullman) von Interesse sind. Sofern man die Parallelen zwischen beiden Werken nicht als fantasytypische Motive erklären kann, dienen sie dem Transport entgegengesetzter ideologischer Positionen beider Autoren: Während Lewis die Unterordnung unter den Willen von Christus/Maleldil predigt, vertritt Pullman den evolutionskraftgesteuerten Ansatz der menschlichen Handlungsfreiheit. Die Ähnlichkeit der jeweils verwendeten Motive wird dabei durch eine Umkehrung der Figurenkonstellation eher verstärkt als gemindert.
dc.identifier.urihttp://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?fidaac-11858/3003
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publishedInMoers
dc.publisherBrendow
dc.relation.editorPetzold, Dieter
dc.relation.ispartofHybris und Heil
dc.relation.ispartofalt(Bio)ethische Fragen in phantastischer Literatur: Internationale Tagung am 3. und 4. Oktober 2008 in Aachen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInklings-Jahrbuch; 26
dc.rightsL::CC BY-SA 4.0
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dc.subject.fieldenglishstudies
dc.subject.fieldliterarystudies
dc.titleOf Elephants and Otters
dc.title.alternativeC. S. Lewis’ 'Out of the Silent Planet' as a Palimpsest for Philip Pullman’s 'The Amber Spyglass'
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