2.  Tapping into Background Knowledge… › What do you know / what have you heard about this novel? › What do you think you will learn / what do you hope to learn as we read this novel?

3. Austen’s Hollywood Power – Credits “Entertainment Weekly”

4.  Austen's novels and her personal life have been adapted into film, television, and theater, with different adaptations varying greatly in their faithfulness to the original.  “Becoming Jane” (film (2007)– staring Anne Hathaway  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (parody book) - Seth Grahame Smith  “Pride and Prejudice” (film 2005) – staring Kiera Knightly  “Jane Austen’s Fight Club” – Viral YouTube Clip / Trailer  These are just a few of the examples of Austen’s influence on our culture.

5.  http://online.wsj.com/video/video-clip- jane-austens-fight-club/3F45ECC2-6790- 45E2-A68F-415764D39F87.html http://online.wsj.com/video/video-clip- jane-austens-fight-club/3F45ECC2-6790- 45E2-A68F-415764D39F87.html  Did you know: The film “Clueless” is based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma ? Did you know: The film “Clueless” is based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma ?  Did you know the famous Reese Witherspoon film” Bridget Jones’s Diary” borrowed its basic plot elements from Pride and Prejudice ? Did you know the famous Reese Witherspoon film” Bridget Jones’s Diary” borrowed its basic plot elements from Pride and Prejudice ?  ANGLOPHILIA …. And the only cure is more….. ANGLOPHILIA …. And the only cure is more…..

7.  1775-1817  Grew up in an upper class family  Educated by father, brothers, and her own reading  Supported by her family in writing  Writes: › 6 novels › 27 short stories  Dies of TB in the prime of her writing career

9.  Plots realistic to her time and own experiences: › women having to depend on marriage to get anywhere in the world (historical times) › Love vs expectations (broken heart at 20) › Relationships with siblings and family (sister is her best friend) › Small town situations (growing up in the country)

10.  Marriage  Money  Class  Self Knowledge and awareness

11.  In the early 1800’s – few middle class women could choose not to marry or marry simply for love.  Women could not enter occupations and earn their own living. › Governess › Writer › Inheritance – males

12.  Path to financial security for women  Attracting a husband was a big priority  Education outside of the domestic sphere was of little importance  A few things that were of big importance: › Singing, playing an instrument, reciting poetry, drawing, painting, embroidery = a “well rounded education” for women

16.  Romance – love – different than the “Romantic Era”  Realism – things exactly how they are in every day life

17.  England – 1800’s  Homes of middle and upper class families living in the countryside outside of London  Industrial revolution in full swing – efficiency and profitability – newly rich middle class eager to show off.  Problems – › Unemployment › Starvation – “Bread Riots” › Repressed workers, repressed free speech › Agricultural depression › Austen excludes these events…

18.  Elizabeth Bennet › Middle Class › A-typical – intriguing, complex › “For the first time in English literature, outside Shakespeare, we meet heroines who are credible, with minds, with the capacity to think for themselves, with ambition and wit.”

19.  Elizabeth Bennet – Second daughter of Mr. Bennet; very smart and outspoken  Fitzwilliam Darcy – condescending gentlemen; best friend to Charles Bingley

20.  Jane Bennet – oldest Bennet daughter  Charles Bingley – Rich neighbor of the Bennets; Darcy’s best friend

21.  Mr. Bennet – modest gentleman with a sarcastic sense of humor  Mrs. Bennet – foolish, noisy woman whose only goal in life is to get all her daughters married

22.  George Wickham – handsome, greedy militia officer  Lydia Bennet – youngest Bennet sister; gossipy, immature and self involved

23.  Mr. Collins – clergyman who will inherit Bennet property  Miss Bingley – Charles's sister; wants Darcy  Lady Catherine – Noblewoman  Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner – Mrs. Bennet’s family  Charlotte Lucas – Elizabeth’s friend  Georgiana Darcy – Darcy’s little sister  Mary Bennet – Middle Bennet sister; bookish  Catharine Bennet – fourth sister; like Lydia

24.  Comedy of Manners – satirizes the manners and affections of a social class, often represented by stock characters (the rich uncle, the nosey aunt, the overbearing mother, etc.)  Austen's satire – her critique of society is subtle and good humored, but she definitely points out the follies and shortcomings of her characters.

25.  Tense: Past tense  Tone: Comic, satiric  Narrator: third – person omniscient narrator  Antagonist: Snobbish Class – consciousness (as embodied by Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Miss Bingley)  Theme(S): › Impediments to Love › The Necessity of Good Behavior › The Unfortunate Power of Class

26.  Sense and Sensibility  Mansfield Park  Emma  Northanger Abbey  Persuasion