Consciously Rejecting the Magic – The Cases of Susan Pevensie and Petunia Dursley

Consciously Rejecting the Magic – The Cases of Susan Pevensie and Petunia Dursley

Most characters in fantasy novels seem to be irresistibly drawn towards the world of magic, whether they can actually reach it or not. This paper deals with the special situations of Susan Pevensie in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia and Petunia Dursley in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Ha...

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Main Author: Măcineanu Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-12-01
Series:Gender Studies
Subjects:
empowered women
fantasy
frustration
innocence
magic
maturing
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/genst.2019.17.issue-1/genst-2019-0006/genst-2019-0006.xml?format=INT
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spelling doaj-bd38f3115d65496d8b4eb9ce8b62fa5a2020-11-25T02:26:32ZengSciendoGender Studies2286-01342018-12-01171738310.2478/genst-2019-0006genst-2019-0006Consciously Rejecting the Magic – The Cases of Susan Pevensie and Petunia DursleyMăcineanu Laura0West University of Timişoara, Romania 4, V. Pârvan Blvd, 300223 Timișoara, RomaniaMost characters in fantasy novels seem to be irresistibly drawn towards the world of magic, whether they can actually reach it or not. This paper deals with the special situations of Susan Pevensie in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia and Petunia Dursley in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Having had contact with magic, these two women find the strength to renounce dreaming about a reality that has closed its doors to them and build a “normal” functional life for themselves.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/genst.2019.17.issue-1/genst-2019-0006/genst-2019-0006.xml?format=INTempowered womenfantasyfrustrationinnocencemagicmaturing
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Consciously Rejecting the Magic – The Cases of Susan Pevensie and Petunia Dursley
Gender Studies
empowered women
fantasy
frustration
innocence
magic
maturing
author_facet Măcineanu Laura
author_sort Măcineanu Laura
title Consciously Rejecting the Magic – The Cases of Susan Pevensie and Petunia Dursley
title_short Consciously Rejecting the Magic – The Cases of Susan Pevensie and Petunia Dursley
title_full Consciously Rejecting the Magic – The Cases of Susan Pevensie and Petunia Dursley
title_fullStr Consciously Rejecting the Magic – The Cases of Susan Pevensie and Petunia Dursley
title_full_unstemmed Consciously Rejecting the Magic – The Cases of Susan Pevensie and Petunia Dursley
title_sort consciously rejecting the magic – the cases of susan pevensie and petunia dursley
publisher Sciendo
series Gender Studies
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publishDate 2018-12-01
description Most characters in fantasy novels seem to be irresistibly drawn towards the world of magic, whether they can actually reach it or not. This paper deals with the special situations of Susan Pevensie in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia and Petunia Dursley in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Having had contact with magic, these two women find the strength to renounce dreaming about a reality that has closed its doors to them and build a “normal” functional life for themselves.
topic empowered women
fantasy
frustration
innocence
magic
maturing
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