Sweta Jha
Apart from entertaining,
Literature and cinema are playing significant role to reveal social issues
since long time. In postmodern period, J.K. Rowling’s Harry potter novel series
is the finest instance, which is adapted for making films and focus on prevailing
issues of contemporary society. Rowling
uses mythology to portray world of wizards and muggles (non-magical people)
with all kind of social issues like class discrimination, racism, orphanage,
slavery, etc. For that Rowling has borrowed characters and
creatures from world mythology to make her Potter world prudent and
multicolored. Present paper aims to focus on the significance of mythology in
the contemporary society of Harry Potter Series of novels and films. An attempt
is made to study the usage of mythological elements which convey moral message
and reveal social aspects and issues of current society in the series.
Class-discrimination,
Harry Potter, Mythology, Rowling, social issues.
Introduction:
VOL.13, ISSUE No.3, September 2021