Humanities & Social Sciences, Vol 9, No 10 (2016)

The Foundations of 3D Analysis: 3D Model of the Avada Kedavra Curse in Potteriana

Arsentiy Igorevich Bochkarev

Abstract


This article develops 3D analyses on the example of the Avada Kedavra curse which is a central linguistic means of the violent death leitmotif expression in Potteriana. I consider the three dimensions of the analyzed object: semantics, syntactics and pragmatics. The 3D model of the curse is based upon text analysis.  Moreover, I introduce the cognitive structure of the violent death leitmotif because it is a form and a shape inside of which the curse is realized.