Much of C.S. Lewis’ novel Till We Have Faces can be examined through one of two binaries. The tension between rationality, or reason, and spirituality, or religion, is one of the core facets of both the text and its main character, Orual. Orual feels the pull of both ideas and thus spends most of the novel in a nebulous space between them. This tension is further complicated by the space between the feminine and the masculine which she also inhabits. By covering her face and body, Orual de-emphasizes her feminine identity and takes on a masculine role, dressing as a man and taking a political role relegated to men. She steps into a liminal, genderless state, both socially and in her own identity. My research explores gender in Lewis' Till We Have Faces by focusing on its intersection with the ideas of rationality and spirituality, thus examining how the discussion of gender contributes to the novel as a whole.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:hut2024-1187 |
| Date | 01 January 2024 |
| Creators | Menalla, Amantia |
| Publisher | STARS |
| Source Sets | University of Central Florida |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Honors Undergraduate Theses |
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