dimanche, mai 14, 2006 I'm working on a paper on fanfiction, specifically in the Harry Potter fandom. (I'm also considering the Star Wars fandom as well.) It'll probably be some form of survey, which I'll email out to everyone to do, but I'm still working out what I want to ask. Research questions are always a bitch.There's been very little academic research on fanfiction actually - but what's out there is really fascinating. I've just read a three-page article in The Gay and Lesbian Review (Jan-Feb 2006) by Marianne MacDonald, titled Harry Potter and the Fan Fiction Phenom. It's not particularly in-depth: featuring an online questionnaire sample of only 10 slash writers (too small to be of any academic use), she mainly explains fanfiction terminology that most fanfic writers would already be familiar with (slash, chan, mff, mm, femmeslash etc). However, she does explore Remus' role in Rowling's text, which fanfic writers feel are "ambiguous". Apparently, it leaves many holes in the timeline, tells the story only through Harry's perspective, and leaves many questions with regards to characters' sexuality. She also explains the different pairings that are most popular in HP fanfiction - according to her, "by far the two most common pairings" are: Harry and Draco, and Harry and Snape. However, she seems slightly disappointed to report that no slash fanfic writers have made their fics political - nobody expresses angst and anger over their sexuality, and there's no penalty, only acceptace, of their homosexuality. Cool, or what? [trots back to agonise over research question. Help, anyone?] [Acad paper on FF] |
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