路易斯的宗教敘事文本不僅以容納傳統基督信仰内涵著 稱，亦深入刻劃饒富現代性的尋信之旅——也就是個我獲得信 德的過程，並非端賴神聖的恩寵，更強調依恃自身的理解力和 選擇信或不信的自由意志。這種重視自我獨立思考的現代精 神，在路易斯的文學著作中多有著墨。然而另一方面，路易斯 的創作文本中，對於人的理性是否全然可靠，則表示了懷疑的 態度，同時也某種程度反映了路易斯趙向傳統主義的主張，抱 持著屬於前現代對於超自然的存在以及宇宙充滿神性的信仰。 本論文試圖從上述「平衡」的觀點出發，深入探討路易斯混合 看似矛盾的現代性和反現代性的立場，以及此種立場可對他的 讀者帶來何種詮釋上的啟示或指引。這個問題將就兩個彼此相 關的面向來探討：其一是路易斯和他所處的時代亦即亦離的關 係；其二是此一關係如何能影響路易斯的讀者去發展和他的宗 教敘事文本之間的互動關係。

C. S. Lewis’s religious narratives paradoxically typify both the traditional Christian views and “modern” versions of pilgrimage. In other words, alongside his allegiance to the Christian faith as well as his notably “traditionalist” leaning toward a pre-modern belief in the supernatural, Lewis’s literary works also show a distinctive relation to the modern spirit of thinking on one’s own, although not without suspicion of the reliability of human beings’ rational selves. This paper addresses the question arising from Lewis’s atypical perspective: How can Lewis’s mixed and paradoxical posture, namely, both engaging and disengaging himself with modernity, inspire and inform his readers hermeneutically, e.g., to acquire a certain mindset as they approach and attempt to interpret Lewis’s apologetic literature? To grapple with this question, this discussion aims to investigate, first, how C S. Lewis himself related with his time, and thereafter, how his readers can relate to his literary texts.