Duality of Knowledge-Ignorance and Causality in J K Rowling’s Series of Harry Potter in the light of Samkhya Philosophy

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  • Purohit Bhargavi Nileshbhai

Abstract

Critics and scholars have labelled the Harry Potter series as fantasy, young-adult fiction, mystery, thriller and bildungsroman. Chiefly there are seven types of narratives can be found in the entire series. All types of narrative overlap one another in the entire series. Seven types of narratives found in the series are bildungsroman, school narrative, detective or mystery, adventure narrative, Kunstler roman, quest narrative and epic narrative.

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Published

10-06-2021

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Purohit Bhargavi Nileshbhai. (2021). Duality of Knowledge-Ignorance and Causality in J K Rowling’s Series of Harry Potter in the light of Samkhya Philosophy. Vidhyayana - An International Multidisciplinary Peer-Reviewed E-Journal - ISSN 2454-8596, 6(6). Retrieved from http://j.vidhyayanaejournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/514