You're right, it's all sorts of genre conventions clashing because JKR is drawing on so many different things. I find it very interesting what you say about body switches in children's lit - I don't have any recollection of that sort of thing myself. I like the idea that it has next to no meaning in HP due to mystery conventions - it's so frustrating that JKR's characters never seem to be able to relate to *anyone* who isn't them - and that this isn't seen as desirable either, so it would be nice if there were a solid genre-based reason for it.
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Date: 2004-11-18 05:25 am (UTC)