Feminist Criticism Theory in the Novel “Harry Potter” by J.K. Rowling

of Literary Criticism 2 December 2014 Not Just a Pretty Face METHOD Despite how the word may sound, deconstruction means to deconstruct, not to destroy. Deconstruction is always simultaneously affirming and undoing. Deconstruction refers to a technique for reading and analyzing texts developed by Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, and others; this, in turn, is connected to a set of philosophical theories about language and meaning. As a result of the popularity of this technique and theory, the word “deconstruct”

Misogyny isn’t fictional: A Definition of Gender Criticism Harry Potter can embody the traditional hero’s quest from mythology, comment on how heritage overshadows hard work, reflect World War 2 era oppression with its use of blood status, promote female empowerment and knowledge, allude to the bible, and make political statements about wealth distribution. None of these observations relate to the primary subject of wizardry, and it would be difficult for them to exist simultaneously. Nevertheless

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Bildungsroman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn]; German: "novel of formation, education, culture"),[a] novel of formation, novel of education,[2] or coming-of-age story (though it may also be known as a subset of the coming-of-age story) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age),[3] in which

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