Why does Russia hate Harry Potter?

Question

Ok, this is from Ukraine (http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/general/29553/) but from a part that speaks russian and waxes rhapsodic about "the good ol' days."

Is there something overtly anti-russian about Harry? Is Pippi Longstocking a better example of The True Slavic Woman?

Was Putin turned down for a date by JK Rowling?

Answer 1

Y

Answer 2

Well maybe they think it is unfair rivalry to their "Baba Jaga" stories.

Brave Ivan and sweet gentle Nastenka are better role models than weakling Harry and arrogant Hermione.

The decadent west can keep them.

Answer 3

Pippi Longstocking is the true Slavic woman of only my most fevered dreams.

I like V. Adamov's quote about “fast-food literature”. Many would agree with him, though I must say I've only read the first one. There is a nuanced difference between fast-food literature, and literature by struggling first-time authors which happens to become immensely successful.

If it is fast-food literature, does it call for ban? Depends on the teacher. I remember one of my high school English teachers banned a very popular Australian series of books called "Tomorrow When the War Began". She banned them from her classroom, was quite serious about it, and would swoop down to confiscate them if she saw them - only to return them at the end of the lesson. Her attempts to have them banned from the library were received with less success.

Zhest'.

So you see, emotions do run high when it comes to fast food literature. Having it banned from all the schools in the region? Perhaps he and my old English teacher would be perfect for each other.

A note of melancholy - would it be so banned if it was a Russian author? If we lived in times of less paranoia, less nationalism, less pernicious and pervasive mistrust - on all sides?

Answer 4

Stupidity.

Harry Potter in Russia is the bestseller.

From 2001 in Russia sold about 12 millions books.

For example, russian soft drink label - http://englishrussia.com/images/buratino...

Answer 5

I think Dmitrii (you called him Mitya) is much more informed about "Harry Porter" than you really do.

I don't know whether you are living in Russia or not but Harry Porter (I mean movies and books) were extremely popular in Russia. I remember when my 26 year-old friend told me that she is going to read all the books first before taking her niece to a movie, chtobi potom ne bit v smyatenii, kogda devochka budet sprasivat: "A kto eto tot malchik v ochkah i na metle?..."

Answer 6

cause, Russians are Orthodox believers, and and their church says not to read it, it's really bad for children, it can change children's minds