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Awesome, at Ohio State University they offer a course called Harry Potter Lit.
I want in on this. So who else enjoys the Harry Potter series?
I want in on this. So who else enjoys the Harry Potter series?
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I read through 'em, but I can't say I enjoyed them all. I do think that Harry Potter course is gunna go through serious obstacles come time to transfer it to another school.
1,7, and 8 were the memorable for me. The others are mostly blurs.
1,7, and 8 were the memorable for me. The others are mostly blurs.
*currently in silentgrace 7's possession. There were cookies. Good cookies. And a valentine.*
Took on last year pork pie..so scary. @.@
That's pretty neat. I love Harry Potter; I'd take that class. When I was in college I took a Mark Twain class. The teacher was hilarious, and it was a lot of fun.
I love the Harry Potter series, but there are other courses about Harry Potter other than at Ohio State. There's one right now at the University of Redlands, and my freshman seminar was basically a class on Harry Potter, it was called Magical Realms, but we read other things but always ended up talking about Harry Potter instead.
There is no other literature that I love as much as the Harry Potter series. I think it may partially be because I grew up with it. I aged with those kids, I expected my acceptance letter at age 11. And it was something that my friends and I had in common, I never tire of this particular literary universe.
OH GREAT THANKS NOW I HAVE TO GO TO OHIO.
...Will they let me transfer in for just one semester, and then transfer back here?
...Will they let me transfer in for just one semester, and then transfer back here?
I did, actually inform my fiance that we would be spending a semester in Ohio after reading post.
He didn't argue against the point, so guess what guys? We're going to Ohio in a couple of years. Hah.
(I'm moving with him to Toronto for his flight school, which will be 3+ years... he can follow me to Ohio for a semester. Is how I see it.)
He didn't argue against the point, so guess what guys? We're going to Ohio in a couple of years. Hah.
(I'm moving with him to Toronto for his flight school, which will be 3+ years... he can follow me to Ohio for a semester. Is how I see it.)
i love harry potter but im too lazy to finish reading the books but ive seen all the movies.
I've only seen 6 of the movies. They don't even come close.
Okay... I don't mind Harry Potter, but to me, JK Rowling doesn't come close to hundreds of other Childrens authors. The likes of CS Lewis, and Roald Dahl are much greater. The Story for harry potter isn't bad... and it has some nice story elements, but the writing is terrible.
When you read a good book(or even watch a good film) you find yourself pulled into story and you are stood side by side with the character living the story yourself. You just don't get that with Harry Potter. If I was pulled into the story of Harry Potter, I'd physically punch the Characters, Harry being the primary one.
I think that dedicating a literature class to a mediocre series of books, is more a case of jumpng on the Harry Potter Craze Band Wagon rather then having a literature class to show how good the Harry Potter books are.
When you read a good book(or even watch a good film) you find yourself pulled into story and you are stood side by side with the character living the story yourself. You just don't get that with Harry Potter. If I was pulled into the story of Harry Potter, I'd physically punch the Characters, Harry being the primary one.
I think that dedicating a literature class to a mediocre series of books, is more a case of jumpng on the Harry Potter Craze Band Wagon rather then having a literature class to show how good the Harry Potter books are.
Savagery and Eloquence wrote:I've only seen 6 of the movies. They don't even come close.
Yeah, the first six books were way better than the movies. They just changed too much and left too much out of the movies. But the seventh movie was much more faithful to the book. I read all the books, but my partner had only seen the movies. So much character development and so many details were left out of the first six movies, that he felt kind of lost while watching the seventh movies. We actually paused it a lot so that I could fill him in on things that had happened in the previous books but were left out or changed in the movies.
Luna Tsukino wrote:Okay... I don't mind Harry Potter, but to me, JK Rowling doesn't come close to hundreds of other Childrens authors. The likes of CS Lewis, and Roald Dahl are much greater. The Story for harry potter isn't bad... and it has some nice story elements, but the writing is terrible.
When you read a good book(or even watch a good film) you find yourself pulled into story and you are stood side by side with the character living the story yourself. You just don't get that with Harry Potter. If I was pulled into the story of Harry Potter, I'd physically punch the Characters, Harry being the primary one.
I think that dedicating a literature class to a mediocre series of books, is more a case of jumpng on the Harry Potter Craze Band Wagon rather then having a literature class to show how good the Harry Potter books are.
I loved the Harry Potter series, but I don't entirely disagree with you either.
I found myself having trouble relating to a lot of the characters (Harry included) because the way they responded to things was often very different from how I think I would have responded.
I think this probably is a case of jumping on the craze bandwagon. I'm not sure it's a class that will stand the test of time and still be offered 50 years from now, you know? But I don't necessarily think it's a bad class to offer right now either. I think the Harry Potter series is getting a lot of kids and teens to read a lot more than they otherwise would have. So I wouldn't be surprised if the class was especially popular with young people who became avid readers thanks to Harry Potter or with education majors who maybe want to discuss the series in depth with their own students.
I would have considered taking it if they offered it when I was in college. But if I had to choose between a Harry Potter or Roald Dahl class, I would have gone for Roald Dahl without even having to think twice about it!