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Oct 24, 2016 · “Harry Potter,” tops at least 21% of Facebook users top 10 favorite books, making it the most influential book of our generation, even more than the Bible.
Since they were originally published, the Harry Potter books have become a cultural phenomenon that connects people from all around the world through its relatable characters and real-world themes. This paper examines the Harry Potter books through the lens of Cultural Studies to explain the connections in the books to the real world and how ...
Jul 31, 2023 · The Harry Potter series is a symbol of change, reminding fans that their actions can create positive change in the world they live in. Summing up. Harry Potter’s cultural influence is a magical force that goes much beyond what any fictional world has possibly ever done. It has enchanted pop culture forever now.
Nov 11, 2022 · The Harry Potter series shows how being part of different groups is an occurrence in the real and imagined world, which shows how important it is for individuals to have the feeling of belonging to a group and be enough to be accepted into it.
- Development of Character by The Author
- Reader Empathy with The Character
- Impact of Psychological Processes on Character Interpretation
- Other Factors Impacting The Perception of Characters
In the critique of literary characters, the “flat and round,” “static and dynamic” metric introduced by E.M. Forster (2010) is a useful tool for analysing the complexity and development of a character. The type of change that makes a character dynamic can be either chronological or ethical (Nikolajeva, 2002). With the key characters of the novel be...
While characterisation is integral to the reader’s perception, the level of reader interaction with the character, largely in the form of reader empathy, is of equal importance. In reading a novel, the reader will feel varying levels of empathy with the characters and other aspects of the fictional world (Keen, 2007). The empathetic experience of t...
Our understanding of the way readers interpret characters can be furthered by applying the lens of person-perception psychology, the focus of which is the process by which individuals form impressions of and make inferences about others (Aronson and Aronson, 2018). Person perceptions have been researched through two primary lenses: impression forma...
While cultural and linguistic backgrounds are likely significant factors influencing person perceptions of fictional characters, a number of other things are also potentially important. In the context of this study, one is overall “exposure” to the Harry Potter series. As a seven-book series, as one moves through the books, the characters grow and ...
- Rowena Y. Z. Stening, Bruce W. Stening
- 2020
Jun 18, 2024 · The Phenomenon of Harry Potter: A Comprehensive Analysis Introduction The Harry Potter series, written by British author J.K. Rowling, has become a global cultural phenomenon since the release of the first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," in 1997.
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Apr 1, 2002 · This thoroughly revised edition includes updated essays on cultural themes and literary analysis, and its new essays analyze the full scope of the seven-book series as both pop cultural phenomenon and as a set of literary texts.
