Magical Realism in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Abstract

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the fifth volume of C.S. Lewis's novel The Chronicles of Narnia. In this volume, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie were unexpectedly attracted to the land of Narnia by painting a ship on the wall of their chamber with their unpleasant cousin Eustace. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was chosen as the subject of this research because it depicts characters caught between the mythical and actual worlds. Which element of the magical Realism of the Narnia story? Furthermore, how are the characteristics of magical Realism expressed? Are the question to be solved in this study. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. This research uses the novel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis as a data source. The story is read using magical Realism by paying attention to e-books, e-journals, periodicals, articles, and other online resources relevant to Magical Realism. The result of this study indicates that the novel can identify all elements of Wendy B. Farris' magical Realism, including irreducible elements, a phenomenal world, unsettling doubts, merging realms, and disruption of time. This work's view of supernatural events demonstrates the representation of magical Realism—the fusion of natural phenomena with magic to persuade that the story is true.