摘 要

作为20世纪以来全世界范围内最具影响力的一部文学作品，《哈利·波特》系列丛书吸引了不计其数的儿童和成年读者。这部以魔幻现实主义为题材的小说把魔幻现实主义文学和现实社会完美的结合在一起，于魔幻中揭露社会弊端，反映社会现实，并达到阐发社会和政治理想的目的，表达对人类缺失的真善美等价值观的呼吁和追求。J.K.罗琳在《哈利·波特》系列小说中对魔幻世界和现实主义虚实结合的创作以及淋漓尽致的文字表达让这部系列小说作成为魔幻现实主义的代表作品，为文学评论和文学研究提供了丰富的素材，具有较高的研究价值。通过塑造魔法世界，作者抨击的一些现实世界的现象和价值观，引起人们对现实社会的启发和感思。哈利波特的故事，着眼于“人”本身，用一个充满想象和魔法的世界来对抗物欲横流的现实世界，解放现代人备受压抑的心灵，具有深刻的精神启蒙的意义。本篇论文着眼于评论《哈利·波特》中三种最常见却最深刻的价值导向——英雄主义，歧视现象和女性形象。其中，英雄主义是西方文化作品最受欢迎的主题之一，歧视现象是西方社会乃至于人类社会普遍的社会问题，而女性形象则是《哈利·波特》人物塑造的亮点。

关键词： 《哈利·波特》系列小说；现实意义；价值观；歧视现象；英雄主义

Abstract

As one of the most influential literature works in 20th century, Harry Potter Series have attracted the attention of numerous children and adults all over the world. In fact, the literature of magic realism reflects social reality, exposes social evils, elucidates the social and political ideal and appeals for the pursuit of virtues which human beings are losing. Perfectly combining the magic world and realism, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series become the representative work of magic realism, which provide rich material for the research of literary commentary and literature review. By shaping the magical world, Rowling attacks certain phenomena and values in real world，which arouse readers’ consideration and resonance. The story of Harry Potter focuses on the “man” itself, relaxes the depressed mind of people, so it has profound spiritual-enlightenment significance. Thus, this paper discusses three profound value orientations in Harry Potter series—Heroism, Discrimination and Female Images. Among them, Heroism is one of the most popular themes of western literature works. Discrimination is a prominent social problem in human society. What’s more, female images are the highlights in Harry Potter.

Keywords: Harry Potter Series; practical significances; value orientations; Discrimination phenomenon; Heroism

Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 Literature Review 3

2.1 Foreign Research 3

2.2 Domestic Research 4

3 Creation Concept of J.K. Rowling 6

3.1 A Brief Introduction of J.K. Rowling 6

3.2 Celtic Culture’s Influence 7

4 Practical Significances of Harry Potter Series 9

4.1 Eulogizing Heroism 9

4.2 Enhancing Female Status 10

4.3 Fighting Against Discrimination 12

5 Conclusion 14

References 15

Acknowledgements 16

On the Practical Significances of

Harry Potter Series

1 Introduction

Harry Potter, a famous fictional character in a novel of the same name, makes millions of children around the world who are lost in video games read books with interest, and also attracts a large number of adult readers. Absolutely, the magic Harry Potter Series creates the great reading in the last 20 years. Written at the beginning of the new century, J.K. Rowling’s masterpiece has caused a unique cultural phenomenon and affected the lifestyle of people in contemporary society.

The idea of Harry Potter is an interesting story. One day, on a train to London, she saw a black-hair scraggy wizard who wore a glass smiling at her, which gave her the inspiration that the young boy was going to study at a wizard school. She noted down all her ideas in a cheap notebook in a hurry when she reached home, which was the first draft of Harry Potter.