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Contents
Introduction
Chapter I. General facts
Chapter II. Literature success
Chapter III. Commercial success
Practical part
Conclusion
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Area and object
The area of our work is
literature.
For object of our research we have chosen the
phenomenon of Harry Potter’s popularity.
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Actuality
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.
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Value
Our work can be valuable for:
students
who study English
students who study literature
everyone who has read
Harry Potter books
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Aim
The aim of our research is making a
forecast about place of books about Harry Potter in
future literature.
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Objectives
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.
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Problem Question
Our problem question is: are books about
Harry Potter really great or are they pulp fiction?
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Hypothesis
Our hypothesis is: in future Harry Potter series
will be forgotten, it will not be popular.
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Methods used
studying literature
brainstorm
analyze
survey
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General facts
The 1st chapter is devoted to the
genre of Harry Potter and other books of this
genre, main features of Harry Potter books
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Literature success
The second chapter deals with the
literary success of Harry Potter series, its honors, awards
and critics
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Commercial success
In the 3rd part we give information
about commercial success of Harry Potter books and other
media connected with them.
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Practical 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.
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Questions
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?
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Have you read books about Harry Potter?
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Why did you read books about Harry Potter?
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Have you watched films about Harry Potter?
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Why did you watch films about Harry Potter?
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What, in your opinion, is the cause of
Harry Potter’s succes?
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Do you agree that Harry Potter and Philosopher's
Stone is the best book of the last 25
years?
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Conclusion
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.
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Uses
Our research paper might well be
used:
at the lessons of English
at the lessons of literature
as
an article for a literature magazine
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List 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