1955
,
T he Gollancz Memorial Prize for Literature in recognition of “The Allegory
of Love”; a study on Medieval Tradition in 1956, and The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature from the University of Manchester in 1959.
During the winter of 1961-1962, Lewis himself suffered a long illness. He returned to his beloved house at Headington Quarry, Oxford since he was unable
to teach. There, he slowly recovered. In 1962-1963, he returned to Cambridge, but had to resign due to fatal illness in July, 1963. He died in November 22
nd
, 1963 at The Kilns, a week before his 65
th
birthday on Friday, November 22
nd
, 1963. His grave is in the yard of Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quary, Oxford. His
brother, Warren Lewis, died on Monday, April 9
th
, 1973. The word went out that Lewis remained in the Church of England to the end
of his life. Lewis was well known for his academic writing, popular apologetics, and fictions. As it is expressed by Kilby:
He was among the best literary critics of his period. At the same time he was a Christian and the author of more than a score of books concerning
faith. Furthermore, he managed the difficult feat of successfully integrating his scholarship and religion. Add to these things the gifts of a lively
imagination, a vigorous and witty mind, and brilliance of language, and you discover why his books have sold widely and why his audience is steadily
on the increase1964:11.
D. Theoretical Framework
Some theories are used in this research to get a sharp and deeper understanding of the topic about how the author uses symbol to express Christian
concepts, stories, and teaching. The use of those theories is related to the problem
formulated in this research. They are taken from various books which are chosen according to their significances to the analysis.
To answer the first problem formulation, the theory of symbol is used with the purpose of finding symbols in The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew. This theory gives an important direction that the writer can follow to
analyze the symbol correctly. To answer the second problem formulation, the writer uses a review of the
biography of the author as the basic data to see the life and experience of the author himself. The review is applied to find how the author expresses Christian
concepts, stories, and teaching through the medium of symbols found in the first problem formulation.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the methodology used in this research. This chapter includes three important parts, including the object of the study, the approach, and
the method of the study. The object of the study discusses the novel being studied; the approach discusses the approach used in this study and the method of study
discusses the steps taken in analyzing the problem formulation.
A. Object of the Study
The object of the study is the first book in the series of The Chronicles of Narnia
entitled The Magician’s Nephew. This novel was written by Clive Staples
Lewis and published by HarperCollins in 1955. This novel is compiled in a book of 202 pages and contains 15 chapters.
On the surface, the novel presents about the lifetime adventure of two children named Digory and Polly, when they were tricked by Digory’s peculiar
uncle into becoming part of his experiment. It was far beyond their imagination that when they touched Uncle
Andrew’s magic rings, they would suddenly disappear from their world and begin their journey in the Wood between the
Worlds; the land which would enable them to enter many different lands through the mysterious pools there. They not only discovered new places, they also
encountered a new person who claimed herself to be the Great Queen Jadis, an evil queen who had the ambition to conquer the whole world and to make herself
