In children's literature a review on the fantasy genre: Harry Potter example

Fantastic is a literary genre that is based on myths and includes real and unreal spaces. Indecision, which is the state of not being able to reach a definite conclusion about the reality of events and spaces, is the most important determinant of the fantastic genre. Fantastic literature emerged as a literary genre with the Age of Enlightenment. Cazotte's novel "The Devil in Love" is considered to be the first example of the fantastic genre novel. In the 18th century, William Beckford formed the basis of the fantastic genre in English literature with his novel "Vathek". In German literature, in the 19th century, E. T. A. Hoffman gives examples of the fantastic genre. The development of technology with the industrial revolution provides the creation of the modern sense of fantastic. Lewis Carroll's children's novel "Alice in Wonderland" is an example of modern fantastic genre. In this study, which is a qualitative research, document review and content analysis technique will be used. After the 20th century, J. K. Rowling's writing of the "Harry Potter" series, the popularity of fantastic literature continues to expand its boundaries. The aim of this study is to examine Rowling's "Harry Potter" series, which is among the works of children's literature, according to its fantastic genre's codes. "The Sorcerer's Stone", "The Chamber of Secrets", "The Prisoner of Azkaban", "The Goblet of Fire", "The Order of the Phoenix", "The Half-Blood Prince", "The Deathly Hallows" are selected by simple random sampling method in this study. The selecten books will be examined according to fantastic genre's codes; the characters, the escape and distance, the time and space, the journey, the magical object, the dream and the indecision. As a result, it was concluded whether the "Harry Potter" series is suitable for fantastic fiction.