https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.839
J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has indisputably influenced several generations of readers, gained numerous devoted fans, and, over the years, accumulated a vast number of fan literary attempts at keeping their beloved fictional world alive. One of the most important motifs of the work as a whole is that of the family. This motif is recurrent in many variations, and the emphasis placed on the family can be seen as a kind of legacy to the text in a wider sense. Therefore, it is only natural to be featured in the related fan-written literature. The aim of this article is to outline, be it in basic terms, the way in which families are portrayed in fan-fiction, to characterize individual types thereof along with the possibilities of their origin and patterns of construction, and give specific examples of such stories. An attempt is made at comparing these depictions of families not only with those presented in the original series, but also contrasting them to real-life patterns.
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