Kiddie Lit? (was More Ginny, Hermione and the Curse of Mary Sue

[Penny Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 52556

Hi --

I said: > "even in a *kid's* book," eh?  Deep sigh.  No energy for that one.>>>>>

Julie replied: 
<<<*raises eyebrow* It's *not* considered Young Adult Literature? This 
obviously must be part of some old kerfuffle that I'm not familiar 
with, so I don't want to needlessly re-start the debate, but I'm 
surprised that that's such an uncomfortable label. I'm not saying 
it's not a *valid* story because of that, but generally serious 
Freudian imagery and YA Lit don't go together. Unless, of course, 
you're Philip Pullman and even then with mixed results.>>>>>>>

Can I just say "See my published works!" in true Lockhartian fashion?  No?  Er........how about........

http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/universal.html

Note: it's a bit dated, in that I haven't had time to update it to reflect discussions we've had on this topic since April 2001.  But, it might give you a flavor for my position on the issue in any case.  

It's just that the phrases "well, these are *just* kids' books so X, Y and Z naturally won't happen," or "even in a kids' book" - well, they tend to set me off a bit is all.  I think JKR has typically turned things on their head ...... so I don't know why classifying the books as "childrens' books" automatically means that certain plot points *won't* happen.  I think that's selling JKR short a bit myself.

Penny

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