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Harry Potter hardly sounds like it.~Mansun
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And as I said in my last post, I wouldn't be too quick to judge Harry Potter as being 'devoid of intellect' simply because the target audience is young adults. I know people much older than me who not only love Rowling's writings, but also learn a great deal about languages, history, mythology and much more.
I noted the meaning of 'Severus Snape,' but surely it doesn't end there. How about Voldemort? 'mort' from the french 'mourir' = death...'vol de' has several translations...either 'flight of,' 'wings of,' something along those lines. So Voldemort =
'flight/wings of death'
Or how about Argus Filch? Argus was a greek monster with 100s of eyes...hmm Filch seems to
see everything that goes on in Hogwartz.
Basically, I'm saying, just because the target audience was 'young adult,' that in no way means the Harry Potter books have no 'intellect' quality. Rowling drew from many of the same myths as Tolkien, as well as using some different references in her own specialized area (French influence...which was her major and I believe she taught in Scotland).
Or perhaps you would enjoy Isaac Asimov...as Tolkien said in a footnote in Letter 294:
I enjoy the S.F.of Isaac Asimov