Embrazing the magic. The use of mythology in the creation of JK Rowling female archetypes
Abstract
Our proposal aims to delve into the imagination of JK Rowling in the creation of the female characters in the Harry Potter Saga, which not only inspires on the obvious Greco-Roman myths but also in so many others like Anglo-Saxon fantasy literature. Gender Studies have focused on one of the main characters in the story, Hermione Granger, providing interpretations about her creation and about the references that make up and shape the young rebel, to transform discussions about it into the center of studies that delve into the image of women in Rowling’s work. We want to rethink this central figure in her stories and the rest of the female characters in the saga, moulded with multiple referents of the most evident icons of the Classical mythological cosmos, proposing a study model and an approach to the author’s creative referents.
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