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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 the theory can be applied to real life experiences.
Oct 24, 2016 · Clearly, the addiction to Harry Potter hasn’t lessened. Stanford also hosts its own Quidditch team, a phenomenon found across college campuses. The team practices three times a week, and ...
- 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
later, the names of J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter are household names, creating a cultural phenomenon that extends not only to children, but also to their adult counterparts. Rowling’s unique mixture of legend, myth, theory, and fantasy is refreshing, opening up endless opportunities for analysis and contemplation. Indeed, Rowling, like her
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In particular, teachers may want to place additional attention on the cultural milieu of literature such as Harry Potter; it may additionally be the responsibility of educators to also provide further information on the setting of the story, cultural, social and historical, in order to better inform the reader on the possible behaviours of characters, particularly focusing on the contrasts ...
- Rowena Stening
By 2001, the Harry Potter series had developed into a global phenomenon. When in 2000, the publication date for the fourth book in the series was announced by Bloomsbury together with the release date for the first film by Warner Bros., the Harry Potter community was present and vociferous.
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14. The Civic Leadership of Harry Potter: Agency, Ritual, and Schooling. (source: Nielsen Book Data) Publisher's summary "Harry Potter's World" brings together scholars from various disciplines to provide literary, cultural, sociological, and psychological examinations of the Harry Potter series as both cultural product and social text.
