Names and their underlying mythology in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter-Novels - Hirsch, Anne-Christin
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Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Leipzig (Institut für Anglistik), course: Harry Potter and The End, language: English, abstract: The Harry Potter series display such a complex set of plots with so many references tohistory, legend and literature, with so many playfully arranged puns according to the names ofcharacters, creatures, items or places that one cannot easily decide where to begin with anexamination that may befit the extent of a seminar paper. The finally chosen scope of thispaper refers…mehr

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Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Leipzig (Institut für Anglistik), course: Harry Potter and The End, language: English, abstract: The Harry Potter series display such a complex set of plots with so many references tohistory, legend and literature, with so many playfully arranged puns according to the names ofcharacters, creatures, items or places that one cannot easily decide where to begin with anexamination that may befit the extent of a seminar paper. The finally chosen scope of thispaper refers to my general interest in mythology and legend as well as to Rowling's admiringaptitude to equip her characters from an extraordinary variety of backgrounds. Names are themost obvious means of depicting literary characters and their intended personalities. Yet,considering the multiplicity of those characters in the ever further developed seven novels,further specification appears to be necessary to meet the demands of this paper. Therefore, itsfocus is limited to character names and in that to several selected characters only, whosenames demonstrate mythological background most efficiently. To that effect, I am notexclusively following a selective principle regarding the characters' significance in the books.Surely enough, there are several major characters bearing names grounded on mythology, yetRowling placed so many according hints and links on minor characters and on figures noteven acting in the story(ies) themselves that it would seem a squandering of her labour toconcentrate on particular 'significant' characters only.[...]
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