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		<title>Session #26 (May 26th) report. Sessions 27 and 28</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/sesssion-26-may-26th-report-sessions-27-and-28/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[C.S.Lewis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cover via Amazon Yesterday’s session (#26) was the last one on C.S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. At the end of the session, I proposed our next book: C.S. Lewis’ science fiction story for adults, “Out of the Silent Planet”. This is not a long book, but it is more challenging. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session 26: May 26th, 2010 – Chps 14-17 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 16:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next session will be on Wednesday, May 26th. We will discuss the last few chapters of &#8220;The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe&#8221;, and also discuss the book as a whole. What whall we read next? To prepare for this session, please answer the following questions: Why do you read? Which parts (episodes, phrases, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session 25: April 21st, 2010 – Chps 11-13 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas Pudding Originally uploaded by Turkinator While eating some Christmas pudding, also called plum pudding, we summarized and discussed chapters 11-13 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Our next session will be the last Wednesday in May, May 26th. We will summarize and discuss the last chapters of the book. In addition, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session 24: March 24th, 2010 – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, chps 7-10</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-24-march-24th-2010-%e2%80%93-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-chps-7-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.S.Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmund Pevensie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lilith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucy Pevensie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Witch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Session #24 was held on Wednesday, March 24th, [Correction] 3-5 pm. We  heard summaries of chapters 7-10 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and discused them. We began reading chapter 11, and heard a brief report about another C.S. Lewis book, Till We Have Faces. Update: Today we discussed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The meaning of &#8220;shadowlands&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aslan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.S.Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Last Battle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Shadowlands is the title of a book and the movie made from the book, about C. S. Lewis&#8216; marriage. In the movie, C.S. Lewis mentions the word &#8220;shadowlands&#8221;: he explains that it was the title of a story he wrote. &#8220;Shadowlands&#8221; referred to a place in shadow &#8211; the sun shone somewhere [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session 23: March 10th, 2010 &#8211; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, chps 3-6</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-23-march-10th-2010-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-chps-3-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archetypes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hannya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[witch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yama-uba]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Today, we summarized chapters 3-6 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. We discussed archetypes - the witch is an archetype. This character exists in many different cultures. Does it not also exist in Japan? Some people thought not. Later, I got this comment from a participant: today’s talk on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shadowlands</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/shadowlands/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/shadowlands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AnthonyHopkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.S.Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy Davidman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shadowlands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cover of Shadowlands Shadowlands is a movie based on the friendship, marriage and love (in that order) of British author and Cambridge professor C.S. Lewis and American writer and divorcee, Joy Gresham. The Japanese title is 永遠の愛に生きて。It stars Anthony Hopkins as C.S. Lewis and Debrah Winger as Joy Gresham. (It also stars Edward Hardwicke as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantasy and science fiction</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/fantasy-and-science-fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lindskoog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter borrowed the video of Miyazaki&#8217;s movie ゲド戦記.  I have seen this movie before. I found it intriguing, but rather unsatisfying. There were many themes or echoes of earlier Miyazaki movies, like the witch who held the heart of the main character &#8211; an idea found also in Howl&#8217;s Moving Castle (itself, based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allegory, myths, fairytales and fantasies</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/allegory-myths-fairytales-and-fantasies/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/allegory-myths-fairytales-and-fantasies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allegory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.S.Lewis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Narnia Chronicles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia In session #22, we discussed allegory. Perhaps I gave the impression that I think the Narnia stories are allegories.  However, after reading chapter 1 of Reading with the Heart: the Way into Narnia by Peter J. Schakel, I have changed  my mind. Lewis himself called them [the Narnia Chronicles] fairy tales and, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Session 22: Feb. 24th, 2010 &#8211; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Ch. 2</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/session-22-feb-24th-2010-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-ch-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Divine Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Bunyan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pilgrim's Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, Thanks for attending the Feb. 24th session. How did you find the pace? Was it too slow? Too fast? As always, I will be glad to receive your comments. In this session, we touched on a number of topics: CS Lewis’ philosophy (his Christianity, his idea of “reality” and heaven [...]]]></description>
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