"Harry Potter".
Circumstances
have developed so, that I have read all of books about Harry Potter. And I
would like to share with you my impressions.
The first that is evident is an English literary tradition. Dickens's
stylistics, with its characters-signs is clearly visible.
Meanwhile, in
a reality the border between goods and evil passes not so much between people,
how many “through their hearts”. An amusing example from personal children's
experience - certain rather mean person has hotly interceded for crushed frog J. But, characters-signs certainly,
quite allowable literary reception.
Though, some banality
of methods slightly also guards, clearly, that completely original thing
basically could not make so fast and deafening success (the society should
"ripen" long).
Places
stylistics of “The Lord of the rings” is
appreciable also. Therefore the success of books about Potter is quite clear,
especially taking into account the raised love of the modern person to every
possible sorcery and ‘paranormal phenomena’.
Basically,
"Harry Potter" speaks about ‘eternal themes’ initiation,
struggle against evil, thus is in convincing, attractive surroundings for the
child (anyone would wish to study at such magic school as "Hogwarts", with its towers, underground
transitions, monsters, magic lessons and real rivalry). And, as the modern
society, is partly focused on an ideal of infantilism (as well as archaic
aspired to an ideal of solidity) the circle of readers Joann
Rowling is rather wide.
The central character - Harry Potter - the person who is as though
taking place initiation like god or hero (Apollo,
Dionysus) and so on.
Other
archetype of histories about the young magician is ‘duplication’.
Double Potter is super villain Voldemort. Doubles are
also other working characters, those whom we «hold on suspicion». It is
necessary to note skilful the twirled plots of histories Rowling. Like also you suspect someone, but, it
appears, the author by means of the conjurer’s dexterous gestures has directed us on a false trace. Thus reader
has got the key to a solution.
And some
words about "trifles". There is sport Anglo-Saxon spirit, all this
pursuit of glasses surprises appearing in books. Agree that when almost each
your action entails or addition of glasses to a joint account of college, or
removal of these is taken abruptly away. That, perhaps the command spirit
rallies a society not worse the clan-patrimonial beginning and it is bad, when
there is no neither that, nor another (it is direct across Fukuyama: corporate
business against family firms).
The moment with huge spiders is bad. In general, spiders are not too good
material for creation of an artistic image. They somehow very badly match
fantastic subjects (either dragons - or the spiders, one of two). Too
frequently these animals turned into silly in
films. Probably, cause of it are American producers with theirs subconscious
horror for spiders and scorpions (going,
probably, since times of the Silurian and Devonian periods when our ancestors-fish
struggled with sea arthropod monsters). “Hate spiders - they do not love you too J”.
Of course Shelob from “the Lord of the
rings” and Ungolianta ("Silmarillion") look more organically (it is possible
because of own space scales). But it is not necessary to force hysteria and to
create ‘an enemy image’ from these essences rather useful to the peoples.
Many details of the book are successful and work on success at the modern
reader. For example, idea of passwords or marks flying metel for magic game in Quidditch. ‘Nimbus
2000’, ‘Nimbus 200’ contain
obvious allusion to early versions “Windows”,
and newcomer model - to “Windows XP”. Some journal looks as a parody to wellknown
glossy magazine for sexually anxious women.
By the way, books Rowling nominated in certain
serious (and completely not children's) literary competition. We shall hope,
that will not bypass them awards. At ceremony "Oscar
2002" in
Alex Fantalov.