Free information thread: Tanya Grotter vs Harry Potter

[muxec]

Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior

What sort of "adult fantasy?"

It's more serious and philosofic.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by muxec

It's more serious and philosofic.

I guess you aren't a native English speaker. "Adult Fantasy" has a connotation of pornography.

[muxec]

Your meaning of "adult fantasy" is slang. Normal meaning of adult fantasy is adult fantasy.


P.S: I want pornosmiles :censored:

[RedFred]

I think muxec is using excellent English. Although it wouldn't hurt to insert a "the" now and then.

Plagiarism is sometimes passed off as parody. For me, a true parody would have to add something. Often good parody pokes fun at an original work. But it often pokes fun at certain ideas or people while being completely original.

Having not read Tanya Grotter I cannot say if the work is a parody or plagiarism. So I didn't vote.

In some cases plagiarism is obvious because whole sections of text will be copied. The copying of ideas in fiction is a more subtle form of plagiarism and it is harder to prove.

Harry Potter may be written for children. You could even consider 'Babe' to be a kid's movie. But many adults read Rowling to see what all the fuss was about. Including me. And I found the series to be a good light read.

[muxec]

I know, that my English is bad. But fantasy is fantasy in any language.

The copied idea is not always sign of parody. The idea of love to member of hostile family was implemed before Shakespeare, but he implemented it better.