"Let there be wicked kings and beheadings": The Place and function of violence in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Witches and The Tulip Touch

Abstract

The thesis is a study of the place and role of violence in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Witches by Roald Dahl and The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine. Central in this study is how violence functions in the different novels with regards to the fictional universes presented, genre and the child reader.