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FYSP 066 - Jane Austen Then and Now


Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WINT

This course approaches Austen?s work formally, historically, and culturally. It studies how Austen revolutionized the form of the novel. It engages with the thematic preoccupations of her novels: class, courtship, domesticity, manners, morality, friendship, gossip. Drawing from secondary materials, it places Austen?s work in the context of the eighteenth century. With film adaptations and reception history, it views Austen as a cultural phenomenon, spanning academic and popular imaginations.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: L. Baudot

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes



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