Narnia lui C.S. Lewis

O scrisoare trimisa de autorul Narniei ne descifreaza concret mesajul cartilor ce compun seria. O redau mai jos in special pentru cei care vor sa inteleaga insemnatatea cartii Printul Caspian si a filmului facut recent dupa aceasta carte.

Intr-o lume care-L uita pe Dumnezeu cu religiile ei, noi trebuie sa fim cei care, traind prin credinta, sa aducem adevarul si speranta pentru pacatosi.


Dear Anne --

What Aslan meant when he said he had died is, in one sense, plain enough. Read the earlier book in the series called The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and you will find the full story of how he was killed by the White Witch and came to life again. When you have read that, I think you will probably see that there is deeper meaning behind it.

The whole Narnian story is about Christ. That is to say, I asked myself 'Supposing there really were a world like Narnia, and supposing it had (like our world) gone wrong, and supposing Christ wanted to go into that world and save it (as He did ours) what might have happened?'

The stories are my answer. Since Narnia is a world of Talking Beasts, I thought He would become a Talking Beast there, as he became a Man here. I pictured Him becoming a lion there because (a) The lion is supposed to be the King of beasts: (b) Christ is called 'The Lion of Judah' in the Bible: (c) I'd been having strange dreams about lions when I began writing the books. The whole series works out like this:

The Magician's Nephew tells the creation and how evil entered Narnia.

The Lion etc ___________ the Crucifixion and Resurrection

Prince Caspian __________ restoration of the true religion after a corruption

The Horse and his Boy_____________the calling and conversion of a heathen.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_________ the spiritual life (specially in Reepicheep)

The Silver Chair _____________ the continued war against the powers of darkness

The Last Battle ____________ the coming of Antichrist (the Ape). The end of the world, and the Last Judgement

All clear?

Yours

C. S. Lewis

(Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume III, pp. 1244-1245)


Din pacate, ecranizarea 2008 a cartii Printul Caspian este foarte precara in raport cu cartea si nu mai are valoarea cartii, prin urmare. Dupa ce prima ecranizare (Leul...) a fost fidela cartii si filmul a avut un succes real, aceasta ecranizare recenta (Printul Caspian) pierde din vedere cateva elemente esentiale ale cartii si coboara foarte jos nivelul scrierii lui C. S. Lewis. Din pacate...

Aceasta este o dezamagire, care este doar o consecinta a dramei pe care o traim astazi si pe care, de fapt, o subliniaza Lewis in Printul Caspian - uitarea realitatilor Cuvantului lui Dumnezeu. Imi doresc sa se poata schimba unele replici absolut grotesti in raport cu cele din carte (ma refer la film aici, dar si la viata reala...)

Dar... aceasta e realitatea... supravietuiti prin subterane...