What is the classification of Harry Potter as a literary writing?
What is the classification of Harry Potter as a literary writing?
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What is the classification of Harry Potter as a literary writing?
The best fairy tale of the century?
I always think of it as Children’s literature, but if we are to consider it after today’s terms, I’d say it’s middle grade fantasy.
The early books are children’s, the later are young adult.
Yeah, but is it truly doable to split a series into different genres? I’m quite curious about that.. I mean, we all know series that are on the border between YA and Adult, but I’ve never heard of a series being split into two. I mean, in the store, if you want to put the entire series in a single section, where would you put it? In the YA or the Children’s/Middle Grade lit?
She wrote each book to be at the level of Harry and his friends at their age—starting at eleven.
I’ve noticed my library splits it between the two sections. It seems a little funny, but then it makes sense as well.
They should have a complete set in both sections, imho.
Young adult, fantasy, magical realism.
Fantasy due to the magic.
YA – young adult. But I love all sorts so Harry Potter is one of my favs
Classification: fabulous
Fantasy cross-over, went from children’s tale to YA & morphed into an adult favorite!
Fabulous. Just fabulous.
I may give it a classification as the most interesting and enjoyable Book(s) I’ve ever read.
Once I start reading l can’t stop, even if I need to. I read while cleaning,cooking, nursing or even waiting TV.
I’ve, sadly,to stop reading in cases when I need my eyes for driving or, sometimes,don’t need them going to sleep.
They’re okay. not the best books I’ve ever read, not the worst.
They’re okay. not the best books I’ve ever read, not the worst.
I’d call then Fantasy.
I often look up titles in Goodreads to see how they classified it. Occasionally some books have not been classified, but most are. Then if I really like the book, I can look up recommended books by the classification genre. https://www.goodreads.com/recommendations
There’s none. It isn’t literary.
How do you define literature or literary then?
Well to be “literature” it would have have artistic merit. It would need to deal with the most important questions human beings can ask–what happens after we die? Does death have power over us? Does love make a difference? Are we bound by fate, or is it our choices that matter? To be literary it would need characters that think and speak and behave like real human beings; it would have to tell a story that is momentous and detailed and vivid, written in prose that is beautiful but still simple and clear, that evokes image and emotion and wonder. To be deemed “literature” by the elitists, it would have to receive acclaim and appreciation from critics and fans alike, and become a recognized, household name.
Oh, wait. . .
@James I read the first three or four sentences, and thought to myself, “this dude clearly hasn’t read HP….” “oh, wait….”
Love this.
Dude? Really?
@Steve Yup.
@James
I like your analysis
And really appreciate it.
To quote Chimamanda Adichie: “It is a specious distinction to make. THere are stories that move you, and stories that do not.” <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
Back in the day when the books were first published, they were classified as Children’s Lit. We studied the first book in Teacher Ed and our Prof was super excited about how they captured all readers.
Then they became super popular and were re-classified and marketed in YA-Fantasy-Et al depending on the marketing. I think this series busted classifications. Like Tolkien and the Narnia series.