"According to Clute, every sf text, regardless of the year it claims to be set in, has an underlying "real year" which shines through, the secret point in time that gives the work its flavor."
I claim that the Real Year of Harry Potter is 1957. This has nothing to do with authorial references to actual dates. The story is *about* boarding school in the 1950s.
I would argue less for there being a Real Year for the books, and more for Rowling trying to keep the story as "timeless" as possible. To me, the books don't feel grounded in a specific decade at all, even with her references to boarding schools and the like.
Why specifcally 1957, and not some other year in the 1950s?
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Date: 2007-06-29 04:10 pm (UTC)I claim that the Real Year of Harry Potter is 1957. This has nothing to do with authorial references to actual dates. The story is *about* boarding school in the 1950s.
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Date: 2007-06-29 04:19 pm (UTC)Why specifcally 1957, and not some other year in the 1950s?