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In short, I may conclude that Harry Potter adheres to conventional gender constructions and does not question them. Women are moreover often generalised, with little space for individualisation. The Harry Potter-books construct gender as a category with two options: male and female, with nothing in-between.
- Bavo Sablon
Aug 8, 2017 · This study considers the text of the Harry Potter novels to understand the way in which gender is represented. The analysis centers on the two sidekick characters, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, cataloging the way in which their direct speech is reported throughout the series.
- Maeve Eberhardt
- 2017
- Chloé Avril
- 1.1 Aim and formulation of questions
- 2.1.1 Masculinities and Femininities
- 2.3 Sex and gender in the Harry Potter novels
- 3. Method and structure of the analysis
- 4.4 Protective/vulnerable
- 4.6 Independent/dependent
- 5. Conclusion
Title: Gender Roles in Harry Potter. Stereotypical or Unconventional? Author: Filippa Tsatsa Supervisor: Ronald Paul Abstract: In this essay I will analyze the three main characters in the Harry Potter books based on how they perform gender. My main focus is if the characters challenge gender stereotypes or if they build on clichés, norms and stere...
My main purpose with this essay is to examine gender roles and stereotypes in the Harry Potter novels. How are the three main characters portrayed in the story when it comes to gender and how do they change throughout the series? Do the books build on clichés and stereotypes when it comes to gender? Are men and women, or boys and girls, portrayed a...
In my essay I will argue that in her books about Harry Potter J.K. Rowling has repeatedly challenged the gender stereotypes and by doing so broken the norms. To be able to follow my argument one has to be familiar with the terms masculinities and femininities. What are the stereotypes for a man and for a woman and how do they affect the way we view...
Much has been written about equality between the sexes, sexism and gender roles/stereotypes in the Harry Potter novels. The big question, about which there seems to have developed two opposing groups, is whether J.K Rowling’s works are sexist and stereotypical or feminist and gender equal. I will look at both of these critical views before I presen...
will base my argument about gender stereotypes in the Harry Potter books on Judith Butler’s theory of gender as something performative. Thus, I will look at how the three main characters, since they are the ones the reader get to know the best, perform their gender in everyday activities and when interacting with each other or other characters. In ...
In children’s books boys have often been described as active, loud, independent, strong, adventurous and tough. Girls, on the other hand, have been portrayed as passive, quiet, dependent and shy. Susan Lehr writes in her essay “The Hidden Curriculum: Are We Teaching Young Girls to Wait for the Prince?” that by the age of eight many children, both b...
In the section named “Protective/vulnerable” I stated that men traditionally are seen as the ones needing to save the women. Men are therefore stereotypically seen as independent while women are seen as dependent (on men). One of the biggest issues concerning Harry Potter’s changes throughout the series is whether he becomes more or less independ...
In this essay I have analyzed the three main characters in the Harry Potter novels based on how they perform gender. My main focus was if the characters challenge the gender stereotypes or if they build on clichés, norms and stereotypes when it comes to performing gender. Based on my analysis one could argue that the three main characters perform...
Apr 9, 2021 · In Meredith Cherland’s “Harry’s Girls: Harry Potter and the Discourse of Gender,” she points out that the Harry Potter series upholds humanistic binaries that “preserve hierarchies” and “are harmful to women and other groups of people because they make invisible the structures that subjugate them” (Cherland 274).
This thesis explores the social construction of gender through literature looking specifically at Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire written by J. K. Rowling (2000). Cornell's (2002) four gender structures will be utilized as a guide to explore how gender is represented in this specific piece of literature.
Jun 13, 2017 · In this chapter, I report on my analysis of gendered discourses in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, focussing on patterns around grammatical agency in the books.
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This study considers the text of the Harry Potter novels to understand the way in which gender is represented. The analysis centers on the two sidekick characters, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, cataloging the way in which their direct speech is.
