On the Classification of Age Ranges in Literature

[vulpes_argentorum]

No: HPFGUIDX 32630

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Jennifer Boggess Ramon <boggles at e...> 
wrote:
> Hmm.  I'm not sure I agree with this, partly beacuse my solution to 
> the whole thing would be to wave my magic wand and put the whole 
> series firmly in the Young Adult category, with the caveat that the 
> first two books are certainly readable and enjoyable by older 
> children as well.
> 
> Please note that a book's being in the YA category does not mean 
that 
> adults won't enjoy it.  Indeed, YA is a "fudge" category for things 
> that are Too Long, Intense, and Wordy For Small Children But Don't 
> Have Explicit Sex In Them, in large part.  



Makes a lot of sense to me, Jennifer. 

Apologies for dumbing down a little, but it appears to me when 
literature works on many different levels as we have with HP, simply 
speaking, it can be appropriate for all ages and unclassifiable, for 
many of the reasons more eloquently put in this thread than I 'av.

The phenomenon of "The Simpsons", recently voted the most popular TV 
programme ever in a poll here in the UK, illustrates this point more 
clearly. Kids & adults alike can love and appreciate it; to classify 
it in any particular age-group is to miss the simple brilliance of 
this creation. There is some marked similarity here with both Homer's 
& Harry's world!

Anyway, just my couple of Euro's...

Vulpy

"Banana, banana...my kingdom for a banana!" Sorry...don't know where 
that came from, just typing and...