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Abstract
This thesis aims to investigate gender representation in Harry Potter novel series to determine how far the series supports or challenges gender norms. In order to fulfill this objective, the thesis uses the feminist literary theory and previous research done on gender in different spheres of life as the necessary theoretical background. Based on this theoretical foundation, the thesis analyzes the characters and events of the novel series. The thesis concludes that the novel series does not fully support nor fully challenge the gender norms that define roles for men and women or boys and girls. Female teenage characters can be smarter and more achieving than boys, yet their male counterparts are given more space than girls in sports. Boys also deny their feelings and treat them as something shameful. Women, though they have self-fulfilling roles and positions, are not received with enough respect, unlike their male counterparts. Some women are also victimized by men, then helped and rescued by other men. The main characters show some tendency to abide by gender norms when it comes to some personality traits and attitudes, yet these characters defy the norms with regard to other personality traits and attitudes.