Naslov
Harry Potter through the Focus of Feminist Literary Theory: Examples of (Un)Founded Criticism

Autori
Mikulan, Krunoslav

Izvornik
The Journal of International Social Research (1307-9581) 2 (2009), 9; 288-298

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Harry Potter; feminist literary theory and criticism; multiple readings; relationships between sexes

Sažetak
Joanne Kathleen Rowling's series of novels about Harry Potter has attracted the attention of numerous literary critics. This paper questions the problems of multiple readings from the viewpoint of feminist literary theory. We can observe considerable differences in the approach of various literary critics to Rowling's series and the opinions of these critics are equally varied. They claim that these are sexist novels, feminist novels, novels for boys, novels in which girls can find role-models and novels in which the author seeks to assert herself through the discourse of fictional text. It is concluded that the novels analyzed can be read from multiple perspectives and that Rowling succeeds in making the reader aware of the problems of male-female relations by positioning the characters on opposite sides with regard to emotional relations, relations towards different people and the family and towards society in general, as well as through convincing and impressionable characterization.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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