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Jane Austen Film Adaptations, Fan Fictions, and Contemporary Anglo-American Culture
Rebecka Schaber
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Heritage Industry, Heritage Film
All the historical sites, preservation trusts, and historical tourist practices that have sprung up in roughly the past twenty years Nostalgia for the “Good Old Days” and “Golden Eras” news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/ stm
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Heritage Industry and Thatcher
Conservative agenda Literary adaptations and authorial credibility
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Rise of the Multiplex Decrease in independently owned theaters
More screens, less variety of films Created tenuous middle ground for Austen adaptations
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Blair’s Reinterpretation
“Cool Britannia” progressive, modern reading Ex: Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility
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Austen Heritage Tours http://www.visitprideandprejudice.com/
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Feminism in Austen Novels and Film Adaptations
Feminist tendencies in Austen’s original novels Film Adaptation’s un-feminism
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Feminism in Austen Fan Fiction
Fan Fiction is any writing which takes up portions of an original text that the writer feels have been misused Fan Fictions are un-feminist due to heritage industry’s conservative influence
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Examples of Un-feminism in Austen Fan Fiction
Highlighting Romantic Storyline Emily Albright’s spontaneous trip to England Darcy’s daydreams about Elizabeth Indulging in Female Fantasies Dating Mr. Darcy Re-creating Darcy as a “New Man” Darcy’s daydreams Advice given/taken by Fletcher Heritage Industry’s conservative message promoted through these tropes No feminist protagonists Capitulating to un-feminism of “Good Old Days”
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Questions and Comments
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Reference (Images) www.berksfhs.org.uk
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/ stm
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