Rowan University
Life after Harry: creating a reader's advisory model based on the literary archetypes of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The purpose of this study was to develop and test a method of Reader's Advisory based on archetypal character analysis in place of genre, author, or mood advisory. The study used J. K. Rowling's popular <em>Harry Potter</em> fiction series as a base for developing this strategy. After identifying four character archetypes in the <em>Harry Potter</em> series, the researcher consulted Bowker's <em>Fiction Connection</em> database to find other award winning young adult fiction that contained at least two of the archetypes identified in the <em>Harry Potter</em> series. Upon identifying ten novels that fit the criteria, the researcher read and analyzed each of the novels to see if they did, indeed, contain archetypes similar to ones found in the Rowling series. Of the ten young adult novels, eight were found to meet the established criteria.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.A. in School and Public Librarianship
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Special Educational Services/Instruction
- Year dc:date.available
- 2007
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Hatton, Patricia C.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Shontz, Marilyn
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/775
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1802