Fanfic Forensics

'Fanfic Forensics' is Nele Noppe's Ph.D project at the Japanese Studies department of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. The aim of the project is to conduct a semiotic comparison of narrative and visual elements occurring in Japanese and English-language fanwork derived from the same original work ('Harry Potter'). I focus on fanwork dealing with Severus Snape, because this character appears to inspire the most diverse and interesting textual and visual fan interpretations.