Potter revisited
Well, after a more thorough reading of the aforementioned article, I have decided that the author tries to prove too much. While I like the direction he was headed, and as much as I would like for his thesis to be true, I think some of his “proofs” were a bit of a strech; in the very least, his conclusions were not warranted by the texts he quotes. Read it for yourself and see. It’s quite thought-provoking, in any case.
One point on which I completely agree with the author: Rowling’s books do seem to have been passed over by any serious analysis from a literary perspective. While they are surely not Dickens or Faulker, there is more to them than meets the eye. I also found it interesting to hear that Rowling has double degrees in Classics and French.
I just finished the 870-page Order of the Phoenix last night, and I must say I enjoyed it. While I was a bit disappointed in Harry’s character development (at times he seemd that he was more mature as a 12-year-old), overall, it was a good story and provided a lot of answers (and more questions, of course!).