The Magic of the Real / The Real of the Magic in Harry Potter

OATES-INDRUCHOVÁ, Libora. The Magic of the Real / The Real of the Magic in Harry Potter. In Šárka Bubíková et al., Literary Childhoods: Growing Up in British and American Literature. Pardubice: Pavel Mervart / Univerzita Pardubice, 2008, p. 67-80. žádná edice. ISBN 978-80-86818-67-2.

Basic information

Original name

The Magic of the Real / The Real of the Magic in Harry Potter

Name in Czech

The Magic of the Real / The Real of the Magic in Harry Potter

Authors

OATES-INDRUCHOVÁ, Libora (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Pardubice, Šárka Bubíková et al., Literary Childhoods: Growing Up in British and American Literature, p. 67-80, 14 pp. žádná edice, 2008

Publisher

Pavel Mervart / Univerzita Pardubice

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/08:00051008

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

978-80-86818-67-2

Keywords in English

children's literature; Harry Potter; realism

Tags

children's literature, Harry Potter, Realism, rivok

Tags

Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

The magic in Harry Potter lends attractiveness to the stories, but it is merely a setting, only marginally important for the issues that the series raises. The main issues are coming to consciousness of an adolescent individual and the rites of passage to adulthood. Within these the stories invite the adolescent reader to participate in a range of moral dilemmas and emotional situations, to which s/he is to find own relationship and response. The texts are also addressing a number of social and political concerns of the contemporary world, such as the respect of cultural differences, the issue of class and race, and the nature of power and totalitarian dominance.

In Czech

The magic in Harry Potter lends attractiveness to the stories, but it is merely a setting, only marginally important for the issues that the series raises. The main issues are coming to consciousness of an adolescent individual and the rites of passage to adulthood. Within these the stories invite the adolescent reader to participate in a range of moral dilemmas and emotional situations, to which s/he is to find own relationship and response. The texts are also addressing a number of social and political concerns of the contemporary world, such as the respect of cultural differences, the issue of class and race, and the nature of power and totalitarian dominance.