Слайд 1Place of Books about Harry Potter
in Future Literature
Performers: pupils of
10b form
Gonchar Anna
Kashina Anastasia
The supervisors: Shumanskaya E. B
Kulakova L. V.
Слайд 2Contents
Introduction
Chapter I. General facts
Chapter II. Literature success
Chapter III.
Commercial success
Practical part
Conclusion
Слайд 3Area and object
The area of our work is literature.
For object
of our research we have chosen the phenomenon of Harry
Potter’s popularity.
Слайд 4Actuality
Our project work is topical for example for young people
because Harry Potter is the greatest literary phenomenon ever and
most of the books are read by teenagers.
Слайд 5Value
Our work can be valuable for:
students who study
English
students who study literature
everyone who has read Harry Potter books
Слайд 6Aim
The aim of our research is making a forecast about
place of books about Harry Potter in future literature.
Слайд 7Objectives
to study literature on this topic
to find special traits of
Harry Potter books
to conduct a survey among teenagers and find
out their opinion
to make a forecast about place of books about Harry Potter in future literature.
Слайд 8Problem Question
Our problem question is: are books about Harry Potter
really great or are they pulp fiction?
Слайд 9Hypothesis
Our hypothesis is: in future Harry Potter series will be
forgotten, it will not be popular.
Слайд 10Methods used
studying literature
brainstorm
analyze
survey
Слайд 11General facts
The 1st chapter is devoted to the genre of
Harry Potter and other books of this genre, main features
of Harry Potter books
Слайд 12Literature success
The second chapter deals with the literary success
of Harry Potter series, its honors, awards and critics
Слайд 13Commercial success
In the 3rd part we give information about commercial
success of Harry Potter books and other media connected with
them.
Слайд 14Practical part
For our practical part we decided to conduct a
survey because we had to question many people in short
time.
32 students of 8th and 10th form took part in our survey.
Слайд 15Questions
Have you read books about Harry Potter?
If yes, why?/
If no, why?
Have you seen films about Harry Potter?
If yes,
why?/If no, why?
What, in your opinion, is the cause of Harry Potter’s succes?
Readers of a newspaper The Telegraph have chosen Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as the best book of the last 25 years. Do you agree with this opinion?
Слайд 16Have you read books about Harry Potter?
Слайд 17Why did you read books about Harry Potter?
Слайд 18Have you watched films about Harry Potter?
Слайд 19Why did you watch films about Harry Potter?
Слайд 20What, in your opinion, is the cause of Harry Potter’s
succes?
Слайд 21Do you agree that Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone is
the best book of the last 25 years?
Слайд 22Conclusion
According to the results we have drawn the conclusion that
books about Harry Potter are more entertaining than great.
Considering this
we can make a forecast that in future Harry Potter series will be forgotten.
Слайд 23Uses
Our research paper might well be used:
at the
lessons of English
at the lessons of literature
as an article for
a literature magazine
Слайд 24List of literature
Natalia Kondratova, Michael Kaluzhskyi The story of one
murder
Russian Reporter, № 9 (009)
Jayne
Nelson Magic Hour
Total Film, № 109
Peter Childs, Mike Storry Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
Boutledge, 1999
Steve Daly Phoenix Rising
Entertainment Weekly, № 928
David Bagget, Shawn E. Klein Harry Potter and philosophy If Aristotel Ran Hogwarts
St.-Petersburg, 2005
J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and Deathly Hollows
Scholastic Inc., 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry-potter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fantasy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bildungsroman
http://www.hpclub.com.ua/hp-books/articles/FenomenHP.htm