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Harry Potter's Bookshelf: the Great Books Behind the Hogwarts' Adventures
Program Code:
060
Date:
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Time:
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
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John Granger holds honors degrees from Phillips Exeter Academy and the University of Chicago, where he studied classical languages and literature. John was initially resistant to letting the oldest of his seven children read the Harry Potter books but was won over after reading the first book himself one night after work. He is the author of Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader and has been interviewed on radio stations and television (CNN’s Paula Zahn Now). John uses Harry Potter to teach English literature online at HogwarsProfessor.com and in his 9th grade English classes at the Valley Forge Military Academy. John has been a featured speaker at Lumos 2006 and Nimbus 2003, where his talk on literary alchemy was chosen as “Best Presentation” of the 65 lectures and panels over four days. He, his wife Mary, and their seven children live in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
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Description
We all love the Potter novels, but why? What sort of books are they, and why do we have the response we do, individually and collectively, to these stories? The answer, it turns out, is most likely because they are a 'rowling' together of literary genres and great books; the melange means there is something for people of different tastes and a message both transcendent and especially resonant with our concerns as postmoderns.