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Harry Potter and the Curse of Aetonormativity: Age-Related Cognitive Scripts and a Disruption of "the Harry Potter Literary Schema" in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

2020; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 45; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/chq.2020.0003

1553-1201

Malin Alkestrand,

Narrative Theory and Analysis

In the theatre performance Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), Harry Potter's magical world is revisited from the perspective of an adult Harry, who has grown out of his rebellious youth and become a controlling and sometimes abusive parent. Many fans were outraged by Harry's treatment of his son Albus, a Slytherin, whose only friend is Draco Malfoy's son, Scorpius. I utilize cognitive script and schema theory to analyze the play manuscript's ideologies connected to age. I argue that the reactions against the non-sympathetic adult Harry can be conceptualized as a schema disruption of "the Harry Potter literary schema."