Harry Potter on campus

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are being embraced as literary and academic texts in college classes on a number of campuses, reports Patrick Lee on CNN.com. Yale University, Georgetown University, Liberty University, Pepperdine University, Stanford University, Lawrence University, Swathmore, and Kansas State University all have integrated the series into their curricula. The books are often analyzed in the context of other books such as contemporary British fantasy or potential influences such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

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