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You’re a Prince, Harry

The Politics of Oppression and Self-Interest in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series

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Due to its incredible popularity, particularly among young people, the Harry Potter series can be an excellent teaching tool for secondary teachers: The novels provide academic motivation for many students who enjoyed the book as children, they help enrich the imaginations of readers by immersing them in what J.R.R. Tolkien (1939/1983) calls a “Secondary World,” and they open up new avenues of analysis and literary discussion.

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Fabrizi, M.A. (2016). You’re a Prince, Harry. In: Fabrizi, M.A. (eds) Fantasy Literature. Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors And Genres. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-758-0_4

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