LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Harry Potter series is an example of which sub-genre?
A
Fantastic Stories
B
Science Fiction
C
High Fantasy
D
Mysteries and Thrillers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The last subgenre on our list is another major cornerstone of fantasy as a whole-after all, arguably the three biggest fantasy series of all time (Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter) are all YA fantasy.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is interesting to note that Author Philip Nel has classified the Harry Potter book series as an epic fantasy for this reason: ―By featuring more than 100 characters, the Harry Potter series is an epic fantasy‖ (36).

Detailed explanation-3: -"High fantasy” often serves as a broad term to include a number of different flavors of the fantasy genre, including heroic fantasy, epic fantasy, mythic fantasy, dark fantasy, and wuxia. It typically is not considered to include the sword and sorcery genre.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abstract: Harry Potter is a series written by J. K. Rowling which belongs to the fantasy literature genre. The series contains seven books, the first of which was published in 1997. Each of the Harry Potter stories has an independent plot. The story about an orphan boy.

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