codes

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "Kathy Willson" 
<willsonkmom at m...> wrote:
> I'm slowly, slowly working through my posts this week. And as usual 
I have 
> questions.
> 
> The whomping willow is coming up a lot, some of it concerning the 
symbolism 
> of willow.  I remember some recent posts about yews and holly as 
trees not 
> as wand material particularly.  I've coded the willow under wood as 
well as 
> old myths, but I wonder if we need a code for trees?

Carolyn:
I think the different woods for wands can continue to go under the 
existing 'wood' category (as well as code them to wands), however, I 
will add the whomping willow to the magical plants category in 
section 3.

> 
> Also have run into detailed discussion of the Arthur legends, which 
I put 
> under myths and legends.  Does it need its own or is it too late to 
bother 
> sorting it out?

Carolyn:
Old myths & legends will do for now I think. We could sort out that 
section at a later date into particular groups if it seems useful.

> 
> And as for the new post started today, do we have a code that 
covers 
> sexuality as a topic?
> 
> Kathy

Carolyn:
Tricky this. Olivier is really taking a particular sort of  lit crit 
approach, more about symbolism than sex per se, in the same sense 
that people are reading alchemical symbolism into the books.

As you saw, I thought it was interesting - and one of those areas 
where it is very difficult to guess what JKR might or might not have 
intended. Deliciously ambiguous.

When we talked about whether to have a code for sex before, what we 
were referring to was teenage fumblings, and whether they should go 
under one of a variety of headings, such as:

one of the SHIPping codes
1.1.3 Friendship, love & loyalty
1.4.3 Portrayal of Males, Females & Gays
3.4.5 Sexual orientation

Olivier's post doesn't fit any of these, it belongs under lit crit of 
some sort probably. On the other hand, this is probably an area we 
should sort out - and maybe add some new ones or fold one or two 
existing ones together. Any thoughts anyone?

Carolyn

PS I notice the site is back up - are we on DSL now, Paul ??