Lewis's favorite books, more or less

On Jul 11, 3:11 am, Bree <n....DeleteThis@no.com> wrote:
> So what is the difference between circular fantasy, muse fantasy, broken
> fantasy, and open fantasy?

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the notion of muse fantasy,
but I can summarize the others:

circular fantasy - a "there and back again" story, e.g., Wizard of Oz.
The Narnia stories are this type, until the kids die in the Last
Battle.

broken fantasy - an "it was all a dream" story, e.g., Alice in
Wonderland. To me, it seems that many "broken" fantasies are also
"circular" fantasies.

open fantasy - in which the fantastic exists alongside & intertwined
with our real world, e.g., Pinnochio. I would NOT classify Narnia as
an "open fantasy", even though Aslan tells the Pevensies that he has a
name in their own world.

closed fantasy - in which the fantasy world is completely cut off from
our world, e.g., Lord of the Rings. Goldthwaite doesn't have much use
for this type of fantasy, and is particularly skeptical of Christian
authors who create such works.

I'm sure there are many stories that don't fall completely into any
single category.

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:53:32 -0700, mike_in_the_west wrote:

> On Jul 11, 3:04 am, Bree <n....DeleteThis@no.com> wrote:
>> From your page:
>> In any instances where my webpage differs from hers, I think mine is
>> correct
>>
>> Well, I should hope so.
>
> I put that in there to tell the reader (and remind myself!) that we
> had some slightly different interpretations. Of course now I don't
> remember what the differences were...


If you do remember, pls let me know so I can correct mine. Mine was a hasty
remake after I lost the first version, so I'm probably wrong and you're
probably right.


Rosemary / Bree