| Title |
The magic of Hogwarts : a critical examination of teachers in Harry Potter |
| Creator |
Wong, Einar Christopher
|
| Publisher |
University of British Columbia |
| Date Created |
2014-04-01 |
| Date Issued |
2014-04-01 |
| Date |
2014 |
| Description |
While
there have been many young-adult and children’s novels and stories
published that deal with school and teachers, there have been
comparatively few studies done that analyze the messages these novels
contain about formal classroom education, specifically about teacher
characters. As well, the subject of school has been a relatively
consistent theme for Hollywood movies and media geared towards teenagers
and children, but, like their novel counterparts, analysis has been
relatively light. J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series places itself in a
very unique position in popular culture as the highest-selling book
series and highest-grossing film series of all time; a series that
mainly focuses on an education system, albeit for wizards and witches
rather than muggles. Nonetheless, this thesis proposes to examine the
professors at Hogwarts and to show whether or not Rowling has created a
series of complex teacher characters; characters that are usually not a
source of complexity in young adult or children’s literature.
Additionally, this thesis will also examine how these characters have
been adapted from the page to the screen and whether or not the movie
versions of these teacher characters have retained any complexity found
in Rowling’s novels. As Petra Rehling writes, “without question, Harry
Potter has become the figurehead of our time” (249), and I firmly
believe that this figurehead is worth examining and analyzing for its
portrayals and representations of real-world teachers, people who are
arguably one of the largest influences on children and teenagers during
their early lives. |
| Genre |
Thesis/Dissertation
|
| Type |
Text
|
| Language |
Eng |
| Collection |
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) 2008+
|
| Date Available |
2014-04-01 |
| Rights |
Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada |
| DOI |
10.14288/1.0166889 |
| Degree |
Master of Arts - MA
|
| Program |
Children's Literature
|
| Affiliation |
Arts, Faculty of
|
| Degree Grantor |
University of British Columbia |
| Graduation Date |
2014-05 |
| Campus |
UBCV
|
| Scholarly Level |
Graduate |
| Rights URI |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/ca/ |
| URI |
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46299 |
| Aggregated Source Repository |
DSpace |
| Digital Resource Original Record |
https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/24/items/1.0166889/source |
