[HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: others

[Barry Arrowsmith]

Huh.
Well, criticism (in the literary sense of evaluation)  is a recurring 
theme that posters sometimes resort to. Usually it's not so easy to 
link it to just one or two threads or theories.
Plot holes and (possible) flints often get discussed too...

A couple of posts I've looked at in this batch started to get very 
close to other 'themes'  - think of words like 'trust' and 'evil'.
These are now so common that they could warrant their own check boxes - 
after all, isn't that generally what their matching acronyms are 
short-hand for? Overall, if you're  chasing
ESE!DD threads for example, it'd be nice if they were readily 
identifiable rather than have to wade through acres of irrelevance.

Just maybe, this weekend when Paul closes his site, it's a useful time 
to reflect on what, if any, changes to the list would be useful bearing 
in mind our struggles with the first 5000 posts or so. Whaddaya think?

Barry


On 6 May 2004, at 20:33, a_reader2003 wrote:

> --- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith
>  <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
>  >
>  > On 6 May 2004, at 19:24, Barry Arrowsmith wrote:
>  >
>  > > I suspect that a category  "Criticism and Evaluation'  may be
>  useful.
>  > >  Have a look at 4029.
>
>  > ....then add in post 4071....  with a mention of the dreaded plot
>  > holes, social satire and  JKR's response to reader feedback.....
>  >
>
>
>
>
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>  Hm.. the heart of the matter & after OOP what drew me in to seek the
>  company of other concerned nutters..er, HP readers & critics. Trust
>  Joywitch to begin on it early in the club.
>
>  I've coded earlier stuff like this to three different places,
>  depending on the slant:
>  1.3.2 narrative style
>  4.1.1/2/3 Children or adult books/genre, reading level & controversies
>  4.5 JKR interviews
>
>  These ones I would tentatively say are 1.3.2, but with some other
>  coding depending on the examples that are quoted.
>
>  However, I am happy to add in some more categories if you like, that
>  might nail the themes more neatly - what do you suggest ?. NB the
>  various theory acronyms hanging around near 1.3.2, which later
>  express similar discontent. Also, remember the splendid rants from
>  feetmadeofclay back last summer. There will be a lot of this stuff,
>  best to anticipate it.
>
>  BTW, I have been putting a lot of religious book-banning stuff, and
>  the row about taking HP off adult best-seller lists under 4.1 sub-
>  sections - do other people agree ??
>
>  Carolyn
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