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Being an evildoer and being evil is not always the same thing; author J.K Rowling’s character Professor Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series is balancing on that very line. Although being unfair and mean to the protagonist Harry Potter all through the series, Professor Snape is revealed as a hero in the seventh book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). This essay focuses on some of the complex psychological reasons as to why Snape acts the way he does towards Harry and why many readers consider him to be just as great a hero as the protagonist. It argues that his difficult upbringing is the cause of his complexity and the series of books are analyzed from a structuralist perspective, using A.J Greimas’ actantial model and Frank Kermode’s theories about endings and plot twists. Snape’s hate for Harry’s father, caused by years of bullying, is examined as well as his love for Harry’s mother. This essay also discusses in what ways Snape’s change of allegiance, brought on by his eternal love for Harry’s mother, is a great aid in defeating the Dark Lord.

Orientador: Luciane de Paula / Resumo: O presente trabalho tem como objetivo compreender como se dá a constituição do personagem Severo Snape, deslocado de sua imagem na obra literária de Rowling para estar ressignificado em um vídeo criado por fãs. Nascido a partir do fenômeno mundial Harry Potter, esse enunciado transmidiático denominado Severo Snape e os marotos é veiculado na plataforma Youtube e será analisado como um objeto que traz em si o posicionamento ideológico desse determinado grupo de fãs em relação ao personagem. O vídeo, em seu acabamento estético, revela-nos como esses fãs-autores compreendem a figura de Snape, tanto nos livros de Rowling quanto nos filmes e, a partir deles, criam uma resposta verbivocovisual transmidiática, assim como materializam o jogo entre leitura, recepção e produção de livros e filmes. Nossa proposta está fundamentada nos estudos do Círculo de Bakhtin e, como tal, a partir de sua proposta de linguagem, desenvolveremos esta pesquisa pautada em alguns conceitos base do pensamento bakhtiniano, tais como: diálogo, enunciado, autoria e sujeito. Por propormos um trabalho com um objeto resultado de um fenômeno massivo, denominado como fanfilm, embasaremos esta reflexão nos estudos de Jenkins, voltando nosso olhar, sobretudo ao que este pensa acerca da Cultura da Convergência. A partir da constituição material do vídeo, a qual inclui trabalho de cena, figurino – bastante semelhante ao dos filmes produzidos pela Warner Bros –, efeitos sonoros e especiais é que faremos nossa análise ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The current research has as its focus to comprehend how it is worked the Severus Snape character constitution, which is dislocated from its image from Rowling’s books and given another meaning in a video created by fans. Born from the Harry Potter global phenomenon, this transmidiatic utterance, Severus Snape and the marauders, is uploaded on Youtube and will be analyzed as an object that brings on it this fan group’s ideological position about the character. The video, in its aesthetic construction, reveals how these fan-authors comprehend Snape’s image, both in books and films and, from them (re)create a transmidiatic verbivocovisual answer, and materialize the game between reading, reception and production of books and films. Our proposition is reasoned on the Bakhtin Circle studies and concerning its language proposition, we will base this research in some concepts from the bakhtinian thinking, such as: dialogue, utterance, authorship and subject. Developing a work with an object which is a massive world phenomenon result, denominated as fanfilm, this research will be basedon the Convergence Culture, from Jenkins. From this video’s constitution material, this includes scene work, costumes – very similar to the one from the Warner Bros Harry Potter films –, sound and special effects, we will comprehend about the reader-authors’ fanfilm axiological position. This architectonical piece is what reveals this utterance’s social voices, which is a collective massive consumption ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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<p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The concept of outsiders has been argued to be one of the main themes in childhood fairy tales in general and in J.K. Rowling's <em>Harry Potter</em> novels in particular. Severus Snape is one of the most evident outsider characters in the novels, described as an unpleasant, ugly man presented as a double agent with uncertain allegiances. When the truth is revealed, in the very last pages of the series, he is discovered to have been an undercover spy for the good side all along. This essay examines Snape as an outsider, and analyzes his effect on the novel, especially his relation to the three characters with whom he interacts most: Dumbledore, Voldemort and Harry. All three of these characters are main characters and are also outsiders themselves in different ways. Examining the relations between good and evil and showing that these concepts are closely tied to choices and reactions towards being an outsider, the essay argues that the analysis of Snape as an outsider helps distinguish between aspects of good and evil in the novel. By focusing on Snape and the concept of the outsider, different dimensions of the novels become visible. Snape is here an instrumental character on his own, and may well be seen as the main character. Although the series in some aspects has been described as a fairy tale, the complex character of Severus Snape gives the novels a further depth appealing not only to children, but to adults as well.</p>

The concept of outsiders has been argued to be one of the main themes in childhood fairy tales in general and in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels in particular. Severus Snape is one of the most evident outsider characters in the novels, described as an unpleasant, ugly man presented as a double agent with uncertain allegiances. When the truth is revealed, in the very last pages of the series, he is discovered to have been an undercover spy for the good side all along. This essay examines Snape as an outsider, and analyzes his effect on the novel, especially his relation to the three characters with whom he interacts most: Dumbledore, Voldemort and Harry. All three of these characters are main characters and are also outsiders themselves in different ways. Examining the relations between good and evil and showing that these concepts are closely tied to choices and reactions towards being an outsider, the essay argues that the analysis of Snape as an outsider helps distinguish between aspects of good and evil in the novel. By focusing on Snape and the concept of the outsider, different dimensions of the novels become visible. Snape is here an instrumental character on his own, and may well be seen as the main character. Although the series in some aspects has been described as a fairy tale, the complex character of Severus Snape gives the novels a further depth appealing not only to children, but to adults as well.

How can a character from a children’s book become so divisive that he causes arguments amongst adults? This essay uses transactional reader response theory to explain the reason why the character Severus Snape from the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling is so controversial. Applying notions from reader response theorists such as Rosenblatt and Iser together with earlier research on Snape will show how the reader’s opinion is affected by both the text itself and their own personal experience. A poll was created and posted on Facebook with over a thousand replies. This data is analysed and used to apply the theory on real examples. The conclusion of the essay is that Snape is both good and bad. He acts heroically but is also vindictive and petty. Snape is perhaps the most human of all Rowling’s characters and each reader recognises a little of themselves in him that they can relate to. Because of ongoing arguments regarding Snape readers have to constantly defend their opinion. As the opinion is re-evaluated it is also strengthened each time readers reconsider the story of Snape and, like Snape himself once asked Professor Quirrell to do, decide where their loyalties lie.