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1、 第 1 页 An analysis of Harry Potter from the aspects of the value of aesthetic expectation, culture and literature Abstract English novelist J.K.Rowlings series of books Harry P otter is no doubt a great wonder in the literary world of time. From the publishment of the first book Harry Potter and The
2、 Sorcerers Stone to the seventh book Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, only ten years, it created a wonder that never happened: the novel has translated into more than 70 languages and published in more than 100 countries. It was sold about 325 million in the world. It became a favorite book bey
3、ond the country, nationality, sex, belief and culture. It is welcomed by different classes and all ages from different cultural back. It is stirring up a prolonged “Harry Potter fad” and a “Harry Potter phenomenon” that arrests peoples attention. This paper will analysis Harry Potter from the aspect
4、s of the value of aesthetic expectation, culture and literature. Keyword：Harry Potter; literature value; aesthetic expectation; hero; fantastic; culture 第 1 页 Contents Abstract Introduction 1 Aesthetic Value of Harry Potter 1.1 The Bizarre Twists and Turns of The Story 1.2 A Hero of Civilians 1.3 Im
5、plied Aesthetic Tragic Emotion 2 Cultural Value of Harry Potter 2.1 The Anti-modern Cultural Tendency 2.2 View of the Heroism of Ordinary People 2.3 The Attack of Racism, Class Differences in the Argot 3 Literary Value of Harry Potter 3.1 The Poetic Philosophy 3.2 A Model of Successful Childrens Lit
6、erature 3.2.1 Set A Chain of Suspense 3.2.2 Attractive Narrative of Story 3.2.3 The Integration of Magical World and Campus Life Conclusion Acknowledgement Bibliography 第 1 页 第 1 页 Introduction Today is the Internet era and an era of pictures. Network refused to print reading, the traditional flat p
7、rint books have been out of fashion; reading pictures refused to read the text. Who will take their time to read books patiently. However, it is difficult to understand, there is a thick book about millions of words which is so popular in the whole world in the lament sound “books will disappear“. B
8、ut actually, millions of children became the fans of this book and made them back to the library from the console and the network. This wonderful book is the British writer J K Rowlings Harry Potter series. Harry Potter, a handsome boy who rides a broomstick and wears a pair of round glasses, has wh
9、at charm that conquered the global audience? J K Rowling, once a poor single mother but now the richest woman in Britain today, what magic she used produce a reading storm in the Internet Age? 1997, JK Rowling published the first fantasy novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. In just ten years,
10、 she finished seven novels of Harry Potter series and set off a Harry Potter reading hot in the world. This series of novels translated into more than 60 languages and were sold more than 200 million. It is no longer simply a favorite literature by its readers, but evolved into a cultural phenomenon
11、. Fantasy novels represented by Harry Potter have become a cultural trend in the western. Why Harry Potter series became a cultural trend and accepted by different cultural value system? A major reason is: the magic world Harry Potter created is not the shadow of the real world, but pure human spiri
12、t picture which once was a patent of children. However, in such a rich material society, but lost in the spirit of post-modern society, human picture of pure soul do not showed in the traditional literature and modern literary works. The general spirit of the crisis has not the appropriate comfort.
13、Rowling created the Harry Potter largely to meet the peoples pursuit of such a pure heart picture. 第 1 页 1 Aesthetic Value of Harry Potter 1.1 The Bizarre Twists and Turns of the Story Literature is the study of human being. Joys and sorrows of the story is a portrayal of the ups and downs of life.
14、It is a legacy from the ancient human entertains self-satisfaction of a pastime. Literature depicts a kind of life experience from the inside or outside which is both strong entertainment factor and quite a game component. There is profound philosophical nature and ideals of the enlightenment color.
15、 Strange twists and turns of the story are the inherent elements of literature, but also the good media to attract the readers. The reason why Harry Potter is so popular is that firstly related with its ups and downs. There is only one plot clue in seven volumes that Harry gradually grows in the con
16、test with Voldemort. Stories started from 11-year-old Harry when he went to the magical school. There are many magical properties in Hogwarts School: owler, spiral staircase, Howler, flying cars; Harrys broomstick, wand, invisibility cloak and the Marauders map. There are a lot of magical creatures
17、around campus: horse people, giant spiders, whomping willow, beasts with eagle head and wings, giant . . In Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, from Harry found that sorcerers stone is elements allow the rebirth of Voldemort, he has conflict and hatred with Voldemort and his servant . Harry intent
18、ionally or unintentionally undermined their actions and won the sorcerers stone to stop Voldemorts rebirth. Face the strong opponents, Harry can survive and keep safety every time. It is because his comprehension of magic continuously improves and have such outstanding principal Dumbledore wizard he
19、lp and a little luck so that he always lucky enough to be a winner. This is so-called “coincidence.“ This is a surreal fantasy world full of magic, magic spell, magic creatures, but, in the eyes of a child, you can touch it, feel it as if they are real. Children are the acceptance of groups who has
20、least obstacles and highly affected by word of mouth than adults. There is more time to gather and exchange greater interest in play and games, of course, also have higher enjoyment and gain. Harry Potter depicts life from childrens concerns and perspective. In the eyes 第 1 页 full of childlike, the
21、world is so colorful and changeable. Their innocence make complex social instantly simple, routine life interesting ,and everything can be so magical, mysterious: reinforced concrete house can divided into a magical world after the wizards magic; buses fly over the city like a plane; public telephon
22、e like a lift, cast a magic coin will reach the underground world of the magic court.Ordinary people, events, scene thing in the wonderful imagination becomes extraordinary sacred, not only satisfy the curiosity of children, but also attracted the attention of many adults - awaken distant memories,
23、activated the sleeping dream, lighting “game“ of passion. Adults as a main social group, has to bear too much responsibility, obligation, pressure and burden. So they need to vent and release their anxious, never, empty and emotion. They get back the fun and magic of childhood ability to meet basic
24、needs of game entertainment psychology, and also access to the highest level of life enjoyment that is aesthetic delight with the spirit of joy. Harry Potter is not only rich in interesting and storytelling, but also with the “magic“ way turn the dull taste of modern life to overflowing, exuberant.
25、Such as a detail in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the national president is waiting a call in the Prime Ministers Office and a man self-proclaimed “Ministry of Magic,“ Minister comes from roof to report on the recent actions and tasks, and then go disappear into the stove in the green flam
26、e. Half-truths, falsehoods, both whimsical and unexpected, but also practical, makes sense: the main public sector actually has a Ministry of Magic - specifically to deal with the real magic of a wizard to facilitate the exchange of links with the real world. Peculiar imagination and vivid descripti
27、on make the real “magic“ not only easy to understand and share their feelings, but also broke the realist and make things “strange“ and “fun“. So different style and exciting alternative of magic achieve the position among the classics of literature through establishing the theme of good over evil a
28、nd sublimate the work values and aesthetic meaning. Harry Potter full of fun and entertainment bring people back to fantasy times from the real world. The exciting story which is full of whimsy, beyond time and 第 1 页 space fictional world, provides a maximum security mental recreation park for today
29、s people. 1.2 A Hero of Civilians Harry Potter builds a large colorful alien world, both love and hate, have complicated the past lives. Harry, a handsome boy who rides a broomstick and wears a pair of round glasses, flying around the world, make an unstoppable whirlwind of magic and let everyone cr
30、azy for him. While all sorts of weird characters contributed to fictions incredible success. But the idolatry of human is the psychological basis of its high-profile phenomenon. Rowling shapes the story of Harrys growth with a series of book. In his world, miracles, myths, magic, anything is possibl
31、e. So Harry become an Idol and marked as a modern young hero. This marks the return of the hero worship of the civilian population. As a civilian hero, Harry is just an ordinary little boy with a normal appearance, wearing a pair of small round glasses. He was intelligent, naughty, and loves the lim
32、elight, like to point out mischief; learning is not particularly serious, although posses the talent of magic, but the written examination have to depend on a friends counseling to make it through. He ignored the school rules, repeatedly broken taboo, stole into the Forbidden Forest, worn invisibili
33、ty cloak, read banned books and unauthorized absence from school to the Magic Village. He wants to show that his prowess and proud of being a maverick. This knowingly individual heroism, get to the bottom, is only a juvenile self-proclaimed rebel spirit, intentionally or unintentionally, to attract
34、the attention of others. In real life, these young boys are everywhere. They are upright, kind and intelligent. There are various harmless shortcomings and defects and eager to free, unfettered, arbitrary, and unconventional. Having these character traits, Harry is a true portrayal of millions of ch
35、ildren and typical representative of his “civilian hero“ image orientation. Idolatry is a hero dream in human childhood, but the “supperhero“ that Rowling creates is not tall, or even to common to be a hero-sometimes he fears or even wants to escape when he faced Voldemort. Harry knew that he must h
36、ave more powerful 第 1 页 magic to defeat Voldemort and it is the best choice to keep safe before the last fight. There is no born hero. The sense of failure and frustration make Harry strong and perseverance. A naughty childs great potential be excited out of and an eternal truth was revealed: just p
37、revails over evil and creats miracle. Rowling shapes Harry as a young hero, a subversion of the traditional civilian heroes: delicate, playful, curious treason and failure that belongs ordinary peoples qualities. Heroic aura fades, his usual ordinary even mediocre image is more approachable, more re
38、alistic real, and also more in line with modern standards of aesthetic Today, more and more rational readers dont pursuit “Superman“ and they no longer need a super hero with moral perfection, noble character. The heroes are on earth, among our life and everyone is a potential hero, everyone can bec
39、ome a hero. The civilian hero meets the spiritual needs of modern personality equality. The role of hero and civilian status is redefined, so equal dialogue between the two parallel pairs becomes possible. 1.3 Implied Aesthetic Tragic Emotion As a fairy tale work, “Harry Potter“ never refuse to talk
40、 about death, but let the threat of death filled the book and result in strong tragic effects. The most precious is life and lifes greatest feature is uncopiable. So the demise of life is the greatest tragedy. The enormous shadow of death always shrouded in the human heart and became an unspeakable
41、pain and nightmare. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the magic school headmaster Dumbledore who has amazing magic strength is Harrys spiritual support. He always appeared timely and helps Harry to solve all difficulties. He is kindness, generosity, integrity but unexpectedly killed. Imperm
42、anence of life and unpredictable death, anyone is difficult to block. People can not control himself and can not predict the death. People fear deeply. This increased the tragedy. Death is not the absolute elements of tragedy, but tragedy is most likely derived from the death. Harry can not do anyth
43、ing when he faced powerful alien forces and helpless in the face of the tragic death of peers and teachers. This absurdity, loneliness, hopelessness may also force the reader to think about lifes fragility and 第 1 页 impermanence of fate. Here, death became the cornerstone of the tragedy. Works from
44、the beginning of the tragedy buried hint: Harrys parents fed little Harry the Voldemorts a “spirit”. Voldemort curse Harry to be ashes but the result is equal to curse its own. So he lost his body, leaving only the soul. As the owner of Voldemorts one soul, Harrys life and death is combined with Vol
45、demorts. Harry had to bear the spirit of the disturbance; step by step toward a pre-established trap. Harry can not get rid of “spirit” of Voldemort. He afraid that he could not resist the temptation of becoming another Voldemort.He was under immense pressure but finally defeated Voldemor and determ
46、ined self-sacrifice in order to prevent the possible rebirth of Voldemort. Harry is a tragedy of existence. It is also an absurd since life has been linked with Voldemort. He had the tragic fate of the doomed and only the end of life is tragic end. This is the fate that Harry can not refuse and esca
47、pe. “Voldemort“ is his sworn enemy, but actually his own. Harry must overcome himself which requires more effort and greater courage. Of course, this made heroes and heroic qualities of character more prominent. From knowing their fate closely related, Harrys choice whether co-exist or crash and bur
48、n with Voldemor is crucial. Face beautiful, precious life, no one is willing to give up, but the heros choice is justice in righteousness and sacrifice himself. Rowling dealt with the ultimate fate of Harry with tragic element, although happy endings hinder the further rendering tragic, but tragic sense of fairy tales as a fundamental change in the narrative style and deepened the meaning of literary works to enhance