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Mansfield Park: Jane Austen Image source ( 1775-1817)
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Jane Austen & Her World -- Her Influence -- Her Life & Her World -- Her Main Concerns and Features Outline Activity I: Q 1-3
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Jane Austen’s Influences The Many Lovers of Jane Austen [1/5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quPnwYadwBI 1) today's fad (in Texas; Jane Austen convention) 2) Victorian reader of Sense and Sensibility 3) her house and Victorian reader; her bio and portrait; Bath Austen parade
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Creative Filmic Adaptations Bride & Prejudice (2004) I Have Found it (2005) Sense and Sensibility Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Image Sources Wikipedia More herehere Chick Lit
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Appreciation Books source
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Modern Sequels- Authors Mr & Mrs Darcy Mysteries Carrie Bebris Jane Austen Mysteries Stephanie Barron Mr. Darcy's Diary Amanda Grange Jane Austen Lives Again Jane Odiwe The Pemberley Chronicles Rebecca Ann Collins Jane Austen's First Love, The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen Syrie James Laurie Viera Rigler Jane Austen Ruined My Life Beth Patillo Austenland Shannon Hale Murder Most Austen Tracy Kiely A Weekend With Mr Darcy Victoria Connelly source
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Popular Fiction
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Austen’s Life & Her World “Improved” by Mr. Andrews, 1869 Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen, c. 1810
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1.Published her novels anonymously 2.Born in Hampshire, England in 1775, one year before the establishment of USA (the Period of Regency & the beginning of Romantic Period). 3.Daughter of a clergyman, in a well-read family; received an education superior to that generally given to girls of her time 4.Brothers: Two brothers in the navy; one clergyman, and one, adopted, got rich because of inheritance Jane Austen (video): Her Age and Familyvideo Image source
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Austen Country --Hampshire vs. London Masfield Park -- Northamptonshire -- Portsmouth source
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The Naval Brothers Francis “Frank” or “Fly” Austen Sir Francis Austen Admiral of the Fleet Charles Austen Rear Admiral
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Cassandra Austen “If Cassandra were going to have her head cut off, Jane would insist on sharing her fate.” Mrs. Austen Possible portrait of Cassandra Silhouette of Cassandra
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Moved with family to Bath 1805: Father passed away; Jane, her mother and sister were homeless about 4 years 1809: moved to Chawton cottage, a place given to them by her brother Edward Knight Revised Sense & Sensibility Writes about everyday lives of English gentry like herself, focuses a great deal on courtship & marriage Died at age 42 Jane Austen (video): Chawton Housevideo Activity I: Q 4 6:00 her life changed (did not write; her father died)
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Regency England 1811-1820 Pinterest Images: https://www.pinterest.com/janeaustenworld/jane-austen/https://www.pinterest.com/janeaustenworld/jane-austen/
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King George IV b. 1762, r. 1820-30 Prince Regent 1811-1820 Final victory in Napoleonic Wars at Battle of Waterloo – June 1815 Known for extravagant lifestyle Illegally married a Catholic widow, Maria Fitzherbert, 1785 Married Caroline of Brunswick, 1795 – disastrous Austen dedicated Emma to him, but hated it. source Images Wikipedia "A Voluptuary Under The Horrors of Digestion": 1792 caricature by James Gillray from George's time as Prince of Wales 1816
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Regency England A Time of Revolutions Industrial Revolution American Revolution: 1775-1783 French Revolution: 1789-94 Napoleonic Wars: 1804-15 Issues of Slave Trade
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Jane Austen’s Writings
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1.Her sister, Cassandra; the two of them read almost everything available, and Casandra edited her work. 2.Began writing at the age of 12 3.In 1797, the first version of Pride & Prejudice was finished, but it was rejected Sense and Sensibility (1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Northanger Abbey (1818, posthumous) Persuasion (1818, posthumous) Jane Austen: Her Writings
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Her independent thinking: 14:42 3 men in her life -- 1 st Lefroy—could not afford to marry her; -- 2 nd died; -- 3 rd Harris, proposal accepted and then rejected 1802, Austen received her only known proposal of marriage. Harris Bigg-Wither, 2 nd son who came to inherit his father’s fortune, proposed to J. Austen. He is wealthy, but not attractive. Features: 1) 9: 47 marriage & courtship 2) story of growth --growing up, understanding oneself and facing the world 3) 11:14 social criticism & Irony – dramatic irony Women’s positions without financial support or parental guidance 4) 13:56—humor: make fun of human nature; Jane Austen (Video): Her Position & Features as a Woman WriterVideo
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4) Her Uniqueness: Social & Psychic Realism Presents reading as a private space for women; her novels deal with the mundane everyday life, but not adventures With lively conversation between characters Carves out Interior/psychic space for the female characters, who are faced with some moral dilemma or difficult decisions 1)Class & Marriage: Middle-&-upper-class women influenced by Inheritance law, which disallows women to possess property Concerned with marriage & dowry 2) Social public & private space: Lacking privacy, involved in mannered dancing and courtship 3) Gender & Morality: Witty, articulate, but their passion or rebellion not encouraged; limited in their own domestic space Jane Austen (Video 1, 2, 3, 4): Her Female Characters1234
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Videos on Jane Austen Jane Austen's main ideas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIYiThAyY8s no. 2 --moral lens (2:40)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIYiThAyY8s Jane Austen 1775-1817.mov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh3xzmxnTT4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh3xzmxnTT4 The Divine Jane: Reflections on Austen, Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlip_GMg3yM (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlip_GMg3yM The Book Junkie – Jane Austen's Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDjxyA0ORYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDjxyA0ORY Mansfield Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_wY6Gz366Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_wY6Gz366A What's Up With Fanny Price, the Heroine of Mansfield Park? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_wY6Gz366A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_wY6Gz366A Jane Austen: The novel and social realism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzlIzpDQdFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzlIzpDQdFQ Jane Austen: Class and marriage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlLts5IRmm4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlLts5IRmm4 Jane Austen: Public and private space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcWjzxFFmqY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcWjzxFFmqY Jane Austen: Gender and morality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_MHHz3RI4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_MHHz3RI4w
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