Student Name
RHET 1302
Professor Williams
April 10, 2020
Annotated Bibliography
Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” Literary Theory: An Anthology. ed. Julie Rivkin & Michael Ryan. Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1993. 294-304. Print. Louis Althusser developed the theories of the “cult of personality” and “ideology,” among many others. This article focuses on Althusser’s idea that a person’s choices, beliefs, and judgments are based on social practices, or ideologies, brought about and propagated by Ideological State Apparatuses. Further, they are enforced, on fear of punishment, by Repressive State Apparatuses. These inescapable social structures make a “subject” out of an individual.
Calcifer, Wayne. “Draco Malfoy: The Losing Side?” Teen Ink. Web. 2 May 2016. http://teenink.com/mobile/489341 Calcifer pens a fascinating article regarding the ideals with which Lucius Malfoy raised his son, Draco. Calcifer contends that Draco blindly follows his father’s beliefs, until later in the series, when he begins to develop a conscience and his own set of values. These new ideals shape Draco’s later behavior, building a complex character from a one-dimensional bully.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Print. Cited as PS. The first book in the series will be used to introduce Draco Malfoy and explore his first year at Hogwarts. This includes his initial meetings with Harry Potter and how both encounters shaped their relationship. I will discuss his being sorted into Slytherin, as expected, and subsequently, ensuring his place of power within the school. This book will also give us an impression of Draco’s family, his upbringing, and his ideologies.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. London: Bloomsbury, 2003. Print. Cited as OOTP. The fifth book in the series will be used to discuss Draco Malfoy’s pursuit of power within Hogwarts by way of Dolores Umbridge’s Inquisitorial Squad. I will focus on his practices of bullying and subjugating his peers in order to feel that he is supporting his father’s need for influence within the Ministry of Magic.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. London: Bloomsbury, 2005. Print. Cited as HBP. The sixth book in the series will be used to explore the daunting expectations upon Draco Malfoy’s shoulders during this time at Hogwarts. He is commissioned to kill Albus Dumbledore as an initiation into the Death Eater circle. The emotional turmoil of this time is clear when Harry finds Draco crying in the boys’ bathroom. I will discuss his actions, decisions, and obvious reservations about the path on which he has been forced.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Print. Cited as DH. The seventh and final book in the series, as well as its epilogue, will be used to explore Draco’s change of character. The Malfoy family’s status within Voldemort’s inner circle brings many abominable responsibilities onto Draco’s shoulders. His struggle with morality becomes clearer than ever, and we see his mother, Narcissa, struggle with her loyalties, as well. In the end, Draco attempts to spare lives and shows a conscience.
Rowling, J.K. and Steve Vander Ark. Pottermore via the Harry Potter Lexicon. 2000-present. Web. 25 April. 2016. Steve Vander Ark is an educator and librarian who created the Harry Potter Lexicon website in the year 2000. It is the largest website for factual information on the Harry Potter series. It offers timelines, character biographies, maps, spells, potions, and more. I accessed the website to confirm information regarding Draco Malfoy, his family history, and his character timeline. All quotes from Pottermore, cited as Pottermore, are also pulled from the Lexicon, as it is far easier to navigate.
Rubin, Gayle. “Thinking Sex: Notes Towards A Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality, 1984.” The Routledge Critical and Cultural Theory Reader. New York: Routledge, 2008. Print. Gayle Rubin is a cultural anthropologist who is also a theorist on sex and gender politics. Rubin introduces the idea of hierarchies and the charmed inner circle, stating that those on the inside of the charmed circle represent sexual normative behavior, and anything on the outskirts of this required social ideology is chastised. I will use Rubin’s article to discuss the social hierarchies and the role of the charmed circle in Harry Potter, especially in relation to the Malfoys and the obligatory behavior that Draco must exhibit in order to avoid reprimand, and more importantly, to avoid exile.
Wu, Mei-Ying. What Fantastic Creatures Boys Are.: Ideology, Discourse, and the Construction of Boyhood in Selected Juvenile Fiction. n.p.: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2005. Mei-Ying Wu is a Fulbright scholar who wrote this dissertation for her PhD from the University of Idaho. Drawing upon the theories of Althusser, Gramsci, Williams, and Foucault, she explores how boyhood is constructed in conventional ways in the Harry Potter series. She discusses the “good bad boy,” such as Harry Potter himself, who is rewarded and lauded for being rebellious, defiant, and adventurous. In contrast, the “bad boys,” like Dudley Dursley and Draco Malfoy, behave in many similar ways, but are labeled as stereotypical bullies. Wu contends that, contrary to Dudley, Draco’s behavior is rooted in hierarchal power relations in the wizarding world.
