Manje njengoba uthuli selusukile esiphephweni sabezindaba phezu kokukhululwa kwe
Harry Potter kanye ne-Deathly Hallows kungenzeka ukuthi uqinisekise
isimo samanje, uma kungewona umonakalo, ohanjelwe kwabafundile
umhlaba ngokubonakaliswa okuseduze kwe-apocalyptic kokushicilelwa kwe
umqulu wesikhombisa wesaga soMbumbi.
Ngokusobala, lolu ucingo olulula. Ku Harry UMbumbi kanye Nezingcwele Ezibulalayo,
U-JK Rowling uyakwazi ukuhlanganisa yonke imicu abeyihlanganise ngokucophelela
ukweluka kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Abagxeki be-Pro-Potter (kanye nabafundi) babonakala becabanga
ukuthi lokhu kuyisenzo esimangalisayo, kunokuba nje umsebenzi onzima owenziwa umbhali wamanoveli
efaka evala indaba yakhe. U-Anton Chekhov waphawula ukuthi uma wethula
isibhamu ku-Act One, kufanele ubulale umuntu ngaso ku-Act Five. Yebo, Rowling
akulutho uma engeyena umbhali oqotho kanye nemicu nemibono eyi-7,476
owethulwe ezincwadini zokuqala eziyisithupha zibalwe emqulwini wakhe wokugcina.
Okusho ukuthi, ngaphandle kokukodwa.
Lapho izincwadi ze-Potter ziqala ngo-1998 kwakukhona i-aura emangalisayo, imilingo
ngabo. Ukulandela isiko elide lababhali bezincwadi zezingane
U-Rowling ubonakale enentshisekelo yokuketula izici eziningi ezingokoqobo njenge
siyayazi: izithombe zabantu abafa kudala zakhuluma, izitebhisi ezinkulu ziyanyakaza,
izikhova kwakuyizithunywa ezisheshayo, nabantu ababephila ezweni langempela elesabekayo
babebizwa ngokuthi ama-muggles, ukuchithwa okumangalisayo kwalabo bantu ababekhona
hhayi imilingo, ababekade humdrum. U-Muggle waba i-Babbitt entsha, kalula
incazelo eqondakalayo yokungenzi lutho, isiphukuphuku, inhlalo kanye nezengqondo
ukuvumelana. Ngale ndlela izincwadi zoMbumbi zazinephimbo โelinzimaโ kakhulu kanye nokulingisa.
Ngabhala ngalokhu ngo-2003 lapho kukhishwa incwadi yesineโfuthi, ngempela,
ngaleso sikhathi ubugebenga bochungechunge babubonakala bungenakuphikwa.
Yebo, lokhu kuyaqhubeka nasemiqulu eminingi elandelayo, kodwa nge-
isikhathi u-Rowling ufika ekupheleni kochungechunge-ukufingqa kwakhe kokugcina
U-Potterverse njengokungathiโuseshintshe kakhulu iculo lakhe. Ku u-Harry Potter
kanye Nezingcwele Zokufa i-Potterverse iba yinto evamile.
Kuyiqiniso ukuthi uRowling akanayo inkinga yokwethula ukufa njengomphumela ophusile
yempi phakathi kokuhle nokubiโuqala ukuthumela abalingiswa
incwadi yesikhombisa, kodwa futhi uye waba kakhulu kakhulu, awu, ukukhohlisa, kuyo
umbono wezwe. Ekupheleni kwencwadi, ku-epilogue emfushane, sibona lokho ngemuva
ukushona kukaVoldemorte umhlaba ubuyele kwesijwayelekile. Emhlabeni
ngokusho kwe-JKR lokhu kusho ukuthi uRon noHermione, uHarry noGinny, kanye
UDraco nomkakhe ongashiwongo igama (ngokusobala, njengoVoldemorte, igama lakhe alikwazi
zingashiwo noma) zikuPlatform 9 3/4 zithumela imilingo yazo emihle, emnandi
isuka eHogwarts. Ngemva kwamanoveli amade ayisikhombisa, umbono wokugcina Rowling
kusishiya ukuthi laba bantu abakhulu bemilingo baphenduke baba ize
ngaphezu komama bakwa-Quidditch kanye nobaba abangahlali muntu emadolobheni.
Ngokuvamile ngangingeke ngizwe ukuthi lokhu kuwukungathembeki okujule kangaka kokuqonda kwamiโI
ngingumfundi ovamile wezincwadi futhi angitshalanga kakhulu kuzo-kodwa ngoba
yokuthi ngifunde kanjani futhi kuphi incwadi yokugcina. Ngo-July 21, ngangiseLondon eSectus
2007, ingqungquthela kaHarry Potter yazo zombili izifundiswa nabantu ababhala
inganekwane yabalandeliโindikimba yezincwadi ze-inthanethi ezijabulela okunye
Ukulandisa kombumbi, okuvamise ukuveza ubudlelwano bobulili obufanayo noma ubudlelwano bocansi bekinky
phakathi kwabalingiswa bakaRowling. Ukuhlangana nokukhuluma nabaningi balaba
ababhali ninomqondo ongakholeki wokuthi "i-queer" kanjani izincwadi zikaHarry Potter
kungaba futhi kungakanani lokhu queerness kubalulekile ezincwadini. Futhi
wabonisa ukuthi kujule kangakanani Harry Potter kanye ne-Deathly Hallows abangenamali
eyandulelayo futhi yephula ukwethemba kwethu okuyisisekelo ezincwadini zezingane. Uma ekhona
iyindikimba ehamba ngezincwadi zezingane ezisemthethweni iwukuvukela umbusoโnjalo
ukubuza nokubukela phansi umhlaba njengoba siwazi. Kusukela kweyisakhiwo sodumo
imilolozelo yasenkulisa edlulisela ezinganeni into engakholeki njengokuzwakalayoโi
isitsha, ngokwesibonelo, siphuma nesipuni, siye ekuphikisaneni namaqiniso okuqinile
Lewis Carroll, Peter Pan, kanye noTolkien.
Akucaci ukuthi yini ekhiqize ubumpofu bomcabango obuqeda uMbumbi
izincwadi. Ingabe uRowling wawela ezingcindezini zemakethe futhi wanquma ukuya eHollywood?
Phela konke lokhu sekuhleliwe futhi ngabe kukhona okwenzekayo,
okuhlanganisa uHarry ogijima noRon, iziphonso ezintsha ezishintshile noma ezidideke
izimiso zobulili noma yini. Yiqiniso, bekulokhu kunobunzima obuvamile
okwadlula emhlabeni womlingo ka-Rowlingโikhishi elithokomele lase-Weasley laseBrithani
wayehlale engaphezulu kukaNkk Beeton kunoMorgan La Fay-kodwa yayilinganisela kahle
ngamandla kanye nokuzwakala kobugebenga nomlingo.
Ukudumala kwami โโekupheleni kwaphinde kwandiswa ngomunye umcimbi eLondon
lokho kwenzeka ngesonto elifanayo engangilapho. Kuveleโngengozi noma ngomlingoโlokho
isonto lokukhululwa kukaHarry Potter nalo laliyisiqalo se-60
isikhumbuzo seminyaka yoMbiko weWolfenden, okwathi ngo-1957, waqala inqubo
yokuqeda yonke imithetho yaseBrithani emelene nobungqingili (eyayikade ikhona
indawo iminyaka engamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye). Umbiko weWolfenden, obhalwe nguJohn Wolfenden,
owayeyinhloko yezikole zabafana baseBrithani futhi kamuva waba inhloko yamaNgisi
imnyuziyamu, yathi imithetho ejezisa abantu abadala abavumayo ngomsebenzi wobulili obufanayo
zazingenasidingo, zihlasela inkululeko yomuntu siqu, futhi zisebenza njengokushesha
kwabamnyama. Kwathatha i-United States kwaze kwaba ngu-2003, lapho i-Supreme
Inkantolo yanquma ULawrence v. Texas ukuthi imithetho yobungqingili yayiphambene nomthethosisekelo
ukuze i-United States yenze okufanayo.
Kunokuthumela lolu shintsho olubalulekile lomthetho emgqonyeni womlando,
i-BBC ihlele inyanga yonke yezinhlelo ukuyigubha. Kade kukhona
idrama ye-TV ekhethekile yamahora amabili enesihloko esithi "Clapham Junction" ehloliwe, ku
amagama aveza ucansi ingcaca nanodlame, izimpilo zamadoda ayizitabane eBrithani namuhla.
Ngokusekelwe ekufeni okuhlasimulisayo kuka-Jody Dobrowski ku-Clapham
Okwakuvamile ngo-2005, lo mbukiso wawuwukuhlola ngokucophelela ukuthi udlame olulwa nezitabane
kwenzeka ngenxa yemfihlo, ubugwala, nokungakwazi kwabakhululekile ukwenza
isenzo. Yayinamandla futhi inyakaza futhi ngokuqinisekile akukho ongasoze wakwenza
bheka kumabonakude waseMelika. Kamuva kulelo sonto i-BBC yabonisa ifilimu esekelwe
ekuboshweni nasekuqulweni kwecala likaPeter Wildeblood, intatheli/noveli, ogama lakhe
icala laholela ekwakhiweni kweKomidi leWolfenden.
Ukubuka i-โClapham Junctionโ kwaba mnandi ngemva kokufunda Harry Potter kanye
Izihlwayi Ezithobile ngoba kungikhumbuze ukuthi sesihambe ibanga elingakananiโokungenani
e-UK-ekubhekaneni nomlando wocansi osaboshiwe
thina. Kulokhu kukhanya isiphetho sika-Rowling sazizwa siwukukhaphela okwengeziwe
ukuhlehla kwayo ekuzweleni kobulili obuhlukile akuyindawo, ngakho
ngendlela eshaqisayo eyeqisayo njengehlazo lamasiko nezepolitiki.
Indlovukazi u-Harry Potter iphila ezingqondweni nakumakhibhodi wamalegiyoni
yababhali bezinganekwane zabalandeli abacabanga ngezinye izindawo ezingenakucatshangelwa
kwabangakhanyisiwe. Ngabe kungashiwo okufanayo ngesigaba sokuphela
umcabango weRowling kanye nochungechunge lukaHarry Potter.
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UMichael Bronski uyisishoshovu nombhali. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi Umtfumbu
I-Friction: Kwembulwa Inkathi Yegolide Yezitabane Zeduna (St. Martin's Press).