English 181A - Jane Austen and her Context Alker

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Whitman College

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The popularity of Jane Austen's novels has not diminished since their initial publication in the early 19th century. The passion her work inspired was so intense and sustained that a term, "Janeites," was developed to refer to her most devoted readers. In this course, we will investigate the origins of this passion by grounding ourselves in Austen's fiction, complicating our understanding of her novels by reading them alongside excerpts from her letters and her juvenilia, and by considering their historical context. We will conclude the course with an assessment of the way in which one of the most successful postmodern adaptations of Austen's work, Helen Fieldi ng's Bridget Jones's Diary (1999), recreates Au sten's Pride and Pr ejudice to respond to late 20th-century social and gender para

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3.00 - 4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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