You seem to be confusing literary analysis and philosophy. The text of the HP books is composed entirely of Harry's experience; Harry's experience is all the reality there is. That's not "ridiculous", it's a fact about the text. Acknowledging it isn't advocating real-life solipsism.
Fandom is mostly made up of fic writers and readers, so we're used to approaching texts by seeing them as on some level "real" -- ie, what's really going on in the lives of these characters when Harry isn't there? But that's a conceit -- they *have* no lives when Harry isn't there, until we decide to change the nature of the story. Other characters' experiences aren't part of the story JKR is telling, and it's *her* work I'm presently trying to dissect, as is no_remorse.
The way we're used to analyzing canon for fic purposes is not the same as traditional literary analysis. Literary analysis is not generally of much use in writing fanfic, and when someone does use it for that purpose, the product is often labeled "metafic". That should tell you something.
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Date: 2004-03-27 08:45 pm (UTC)Fandom is mostly made up of fic writers and readers, so we're used to approaching texts by seeing them as on some level "real" -- ie, what's really going on in the lives of these characters when Harry isn't there? But that's a conceit -- they *have* no lives when Harry isn't there, until we decide to change the nature of the story. Other characters' experiences aren't part of the story JKR is telling, and it's *her* work I'm presently trying to dissect, as is
The way we're used to analyzing canon for fic purposes is not the same as traditional literary analysis. Literary analysis is not generally of much use in writing fanfic, and when someone does use it for that purpose, the product is often labeled "metafic". That should tell you something.