Harry Potter as Mythopoeic Fantasy Wiki

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1. Mythopoeic Fantasy as literary genre

The term mythopoeic fantasy relates to the literary world, which is based on the assumption of the existence of the fantasy reality and the supernatural. The secondary universe presented in mythopoeic fantasy can be either fully distinguished from or exist in parallel to our primary world (authentic reality). The term was coined by Diana Waggoner in her book The Hills of Faraway: A Guide to Fantasy, which she used mostly in reference to Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. Another interesting perspective on mythopoeic fantasy was also provided by Marek Oziewicz in his work One Earth, One People. According to the scholar:

"Mythopoeic fantasy is a crossover genre whose nearly formulaic plots with young protagonists, quests, magical objects and worlds to be saved reflect the genre’s grounding in mythic and oral traditions of humankind. A distinct genre with clear characteristics, mythopoeic fantasy is a story which provides an imaginative experience of a world in which metaphysical concepts are objective realities and the protagonists’ responses to those realities reflect on their lives."

Mythopoeic fantasy may be characterised by certain elements:

1) the existence of the Secondary World

2) the struggle between good and evil forces

3) departure-initiation-return journey

4) ordinary character who is destined to accomplish a very important mission

5) selflessness of the main protagonist

6) sacrifice

7) cooperation of the good forces for general purpose; heroism of ordinary person and lack of it at the evil side

8) happy end

9) death and resurrection

10) importance of choices

'''All of the elements mentioned above are clearly visible in “Harry Potter” series by J. K. Rowling. Thus, it can be defined as mythopoeic fantasy genre. '''

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