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0 pointsbenzofuran6y ago0 comments

They are young adult fiction, which is like saying that cars weren't built for driving. I'm not sure what you intend they were written as then, as they surely aren't literature.

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uncletaco6y ago

The Harry Potter books are children’s literature. Not young adult. At least the first four or five are.

Notice how they’re almost all divided into very episodic chapters. That’s because children’s novels are generally built for reading maybe a chapter or two at a time. Maybe before bed or during reading time in a classroom.

Also those books are very much literature.

bdowling6y ago

Surely they are literature in the broadest sense of the word.

0xcde4c3db6y ago

I suspect the intended distinction is between literary fiction and genre fiction, which is a quirky socioeconomic split that seems to be particular to the realm of novels and their authors. Basically, authors of literary fiction are regarded as masters in pursuit of True Art rather than baser desires like popularity or commercial success.

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