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Gülcin Alpöge

Speaking Time and Room No.: 2006-9-23 11:00-12:30 Room I

Speaker: Gülçin Alpöge (Turkey)

HARRY POTTER

And reflections on this phenomenon

Gülçin Alpöge

ABSTRACT

What makes Harry Potter books so readable? How come children read so many pages in such a few days? Why do children like them so much? I shall try to explain this phenomenon by showing that Rowling is a very imaginative and a very clever author and her works are carefully thought out and inteligently put together. Also I believe that Harry Potter books are attractive to children because of their resemblence to fairy tales. I shall try to show this by examples from her books.