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This 7 page paper argues the thesis that Rawling's novel revived the twenty-first century adventure genre. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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J.K. Rowling managed to propel herself from destitution to being one of the richest women in the world. She accomplished this feat with the Harry Potter series
of novels, novels that revived the adventure genre of popular literature in the 21st century. The Harry Potter series success is due to its complexity. It is, in
fact, a blending of genres. There is the genre of magic, the genre of maturation, the genre of adventure, all layered one upon and within the other. The
thesis might be presented that it is this complexity in Rowlings novels, this literary depth that had been largely absent in childrens work since the early twentieth century, that has
made them so popular. Although there are a few exceptions in the genre of popular literature for children, most had been bland, unimaginative, and overall lacking in the ability
to capture a young readers interest and hold it. The consequence was that children had moved away from reading and on to more exciting things like video games and
movies that more forcefully captured their interest. The Harry Potter series changed all of that. These novels once again gave children a hero. They coupled this with
a complex multi-layered plot that was worthy of note. Alton (141) devotes considerable detail to driving the point home that they Harry Potter
series couldnt be classified into one genre alone. So too does Caselli (168). Children were bored with the status quo literary genres and Rawlings was the solution to
that boredom. By the latter part of the twentieth century, before the release of Rawlings first novel, children had largely moved away from reading as a preferred leisure activity.
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