Giving Wands Their Due: Applying Speculative Realism to Harry Potter and Beyond [slides]
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Ian McLaughlin (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: [Slide deck and transcript from a presentation given at the 11th Annual Harry Potter Conference, October 21, 2022.] Magical objects are legion in Harry Potter. Some objects are even sentient. Wands,however, are the most common, most magical, and the most taken for granted. Wands impactwixen lives more than any other object, yet wixes have failed to perceive or ignore wands asanything more than tools. I hope to give [wands] their due. To do so, I use a bricolage of"Speculative Realisms," including Object-Oriented Ontology, Transcendental Materialism, andOnticology to examine wands' nature qua—that is to, for, and by—themselves, compare them tonon-fictional objects, shine a light on wands' nature and explain the impact of wands in Harry'sfinal battle with Voldemort.
Giving Wands Their Due: Applying Speculative Realism to Harry Potter and Beyond [slides]
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- Language: English
- Date: 2022
- Keywords
- Harry Potter, speculative realism, magical objects
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| Presentation Transcript | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/I_McLaughlin_Giving_Wands_Transcript_2022.pdf | The described resource includes the related resource either physically or logically. |