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 Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:10 am
I haven't seen a discussion thread in quite a bit, so well, here's one...
I have a feeling it's going to die very quickly.
Anyhow, do you think that Harry Potter will ever be considered as a "great classic" on the long run. When I say "great classic", I mean, will it ever be held to such an honorary degree as books such as:
"Catcher in the Rye"
"The Secret Garden"
"Jane Eyre"
"Pride and Prejudice"
"War and Punishment"
"Divine and Human"
"Atonement"
"White Fang"
"Tale of Two Cities"
"Great Expectations"
And so on.
Do you think it will?
Why?
Are there certain indications?
Or will Harry Potter be a fad that will die out in the next couple generations?
Thoughts?
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:25 pm
Hm...interesting topic. I think that it's very, very likely that Harry Potter will become a classic. It's unique as far as books go. People of all ages can read it and enjoy it. I was the first in my family to read it. I convinced my parents to read it and they though it was great. Then I got my Grandmother to read it and she loved it too. That's three generations right there that loved it. I hope that Harry Potter will be like Star Trek. The people that grew up with it will continue to love it and they will pass it on to the next generation. smile
...I hope that even made sense...
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:58 pm
That makes sense.
I personally think that it WILL become a classic, but like a different CATEGORY of a classic. It won't be on the same scale as books like "Great Expectations" and whatnot, but it'll be a classic.
I guess, at the core, we have to ask ourselves, does Harry Potter relay any life lessons, insights, or has it seriously impacted HOW people live their lives (besides being a Harry Potter Fanatic)?
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:11 pm
Truthfully, I think it will be more of a pop-culture classic, like Star Wars, than one taught in Lit classes and such. Although you never know - she makes so many allusions to classical mythology where the symbolism is actually quite deep it could be. In the cool classes, at least. XD
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:55 am
I hope it will become a classic. But it's hard to imagine a language arts teacher making the books a required read in the future (unless a scaled down version of what happens in the movie "Idiocracy" happens and everyone's IQ is brought down a notch). The books are slightly easier read, so unlike the Tale of Two cities (which is darn hard to understand when you're eleven years old) it'll be a classic like Cinderella...?
But, then again, Harry begins swearing... xd
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:28 am
Perhaps, so it wouldn't go hand-in-hand with other classic literature, but rather it would be in its OWN sort of category, but nevertheless, it would be a classic.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:59 am
I hope it would become a classic! It will probably with the classic fairtytales like Aesops Fables and 40 days and 40 nights. I don't think it would be considered advance enough to be like "Catcher in the Rye"
A/N: Great topic Akito!
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:53 pm
It will become a classic, but only among fantasy. I think it already is. wink For example, no one is a true romance novel fan if they haven't read Withering Heights or Pride and Prejudice. Well, no one is a true fantasy fan if they haven't read Lord of the Rings (Yes, this was extremely popular among fantasy readers long, long, long BEFORE the movies!) or Harry Potter.
Star Wars isn't a fad either; it's a sci-fi classic. Not all classics are taught in all schools. Lord of the Rings is taught in some private schools (like where my mum went), and I know Harry Potter is already part of lesson plans in a few learning facilities. Of course, it's banned from a few schools as well... sweatdrop When I'm a teacher I plan on reading Harry's adventures aloud to the children if there's time!
Anyway, yes, HP = classic. xd
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:46 pm
I think it would be awsome if Harry Potter became required reading. One reason is I have already read them all. Another is it is not boring like most books that I get stuck reading for English. Lastly it would just be really cool. If I were to become a teacher I would read it to my students. Of course my english teacher is a Harry Potter fan and she does not make us read it, but that is probally because I am in American Lit.
I also think that it will/ is a classic. Like you guys have said it is diffrent then many classic books there already is, soit would be a new generation of classic books.
It that makes sense. biggrin
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