MARCH 4, “DO NOW” – COMMENT ON THE NARRATIVE STYLE/NARRATOR IN NORTHANGER ABBEY SO FAR. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR COMMENT IS GROUNDED IN THE TEXT AND THAT YOU CAN SUBSTANTIATE YOUR COMMENT WITH EVIDENCE AND PAGE NUMBERS Please take out your homework (questions and comments on parody), so that I can come around and stamp them.

Agenda & Reminders 1. Narrative style 2. Role of parody 3. Reading Chapter 7 (popcorn style) 4. Group Work  Northanger Abbey chapter questions are due on Monday. Please make sure to write them on a separate piece of paper. They should be ready to be passed in at the BEGINNING of class.  NA Vocabulary Quiz 1 next Friday.  Continue reading your independent reading book.

1) COMMENT: Narrator is critiquing the novel genre in the novel.

2) Next to each comment write down a quotation that demonstrates your point. QUOTATION: “ “Oh! It is only a novel!” replies the young lady; while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. –” …[i]n short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language” (Austen 32).

3) Effect this narrative technique/narrator has on the reader. EFFECT ON THE READER: It is ironic because we are reading a novel. It draws your attention to the moment, reinforcing the importance of what Austen is saying. Austen clearly does not feel that novels are frivolous and shameful - hold no value; she is being sarcastic. It is humorous.

What exactly is “free indirect speech”?  Free indirect style (also called “free indirect speech or free indirect discourse) dispenses with tag-phrases (‘she thought’, etc.), and adopts the idiom of the character’s own thoughts, including indicators of time and place, as ‘She’d leave here tomorrow’, rather than ‘She decided to leave that place the next day’.  Free indirect speech has many of the grammatical features of indirect speech (tense, use of third person instead of first person pronouns, etc.), but does not consist of a reporting clause followed by a that-clause (‘he said that…’) or an indirect question (‘she wondered what the outcome would be’).  Free indirect speech looks less like indirect speech and often conveys a greater sense of immediacy than indirect speech.  Essentially this means a character’s thoughts or feelings are expressed in the narration.

Nothing, she declared, should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine. free indirect speech “Good heavens!” cried Catherine. direct speech  She concluded at last that he must know the carriage to be in fact perfectly safe. free indirect speech Her feelings entirely engrossed her; her wretchedness was most acute on finding herself obliged to go directly home. free indirect speech It was proposed by the brother and sister that they should join in a walk. indirect speech  “My dear, you tumble my gown,” was Mrs. Allen’s reply. direct speech

Parody & Chapter 7 So far, how has Austen used the gothic genre?  Examples of parody that she has found? Now,  Let’s read chapter 7 aloud.  Please read at least a paragraph before you call on one of your peers

Group 1  What is “society” and what do you learn about the past-times and concerns of this social group from these chapters?

Group 2  Create a character web / profile of Henry Tilney based upon your reading so far. Consider elements of characterization such as: appearance, age, social status, relationships, speech and tone, actions and reactions.

Group 3  Create a character profile for John Thorpe  Consider elements of characterization such as: appearance, age, social status, relationships, speech and tone, actions and reactions.  Consider also:  In what ways is he a foil to Henry?  How does he defy the image of a traditional romantic hero?

Group 4  What do you perceive to be the narrator’s opinion of the Thorpe family? Provide evidence to support your points. In what ways is this characterization thematically important?

Multiple Choice homework this weekend… Over the weekend you are going to take a sample multiple choice and open response section of a practice MCAS exam. Before you start you should know what kinds of multiple choice questions you will find: 1. Main idea 2. Elements of fiction (plot, conflict, setting, characterization, etc.) 3. Tone/Mood 4. Author’s purpose 5. Vocabulary (words with multiple meanings; context)

Homework 1. Read Chapters 8-9 in Northanger Abbey and complete chapter questions. 2. MCAS multiple choice & open response.