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The purpose of this paper is to examine the fantastic space in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and to investigate its narrative strategy accordingly. The fantastic space means the relationship between the real world and the fantastic world. The real world and the fantastic world present in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe are separated, in which characters leave from their real world and pass through a passage into the fantastic world. The portrayal of the setting tends to be delicate and elaborate, because the fantastic world and the real world are kept strictly demarcated. The fantastic space of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe can affect the narrative strategy and also be a form from which ideological messages emerge. The structure of the fantastic space of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe can determines the implementation of the story elements such as setting, magic and time. In light of children’s literature, the structure of fantastic space in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe can provide literary pleasure and include some moral messages to the child readers. Through the adventure which the characters experience, the child readers could have the ability that they could deal with their realistic problems encountered in their life.