Legacy Course Catalog
ENGL 411A - Jane Austen
| Effectivity: | 01/07/2008 - 05/03/2008 @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal spr |
| Short Title: | Jane Austen |
| Description: | This single-author course will focus on the novels of Jane Austen, a writer whose vastly popular narratives of courtship among the genteel classes have become synonymous with British "heritage culture." What is it, we will ask, that makes these novels such enduring favorites? What function did these stories serve in Austen's day and what function do they serve now? What was at stake-aesthetically and politically-in these narratives of Regency-era love and marriage? What is at stake when we, as readers of these "classic" novels or as viewers of the many recent film adaptations, revisit the romantic past? We will read all of Austen's major novels (Mansfield Park, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion) plus her unfinished final novel (Sanditon) and a delicious example of her unpublished juvenilia (Lady Susan). We will also watch recent cinematic versions of several of the novels. Coursework will include active participation, take-home examinations, and a final project. |
| School: | College Of Liberal Arts |
| Department: | English |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | YES |
| Temporary Flag: | YES |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
