Essays about: "Austen"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 66 essays containing the word Austen.

  1. 6. Having Pride and Prejudice: : A study on how to work thematically with class by using Pride and Prejudice in the EFL classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Hanna Klarén; [2022]
    Keywords : Pride and Prejudice; working thematically; class and society; EFL classroom; student motivation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to discuss further how an English teacher in a Swedish high school can utilize a novel like Jane Austen´s Pride and Prejudice in their classroom. This has been investigated by looking at how to use the book thematically with the class topic and by looking at activities and ideas used by teachers who have worked with the book in its entirety. READ MORE

  3. 7. Jane Austen’s Exploration of Romanticism: Teaching “older” Literature Through Northanger Abbey in the Swedish Upper-Secondary English Classroom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Fredrik Rosberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Northanger Abbey; Jane Austen; teaching literature; literary genres; EFL; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper argues that Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is a valuable pedagogical resource that can address the Swedish National Agency for Education’s mandate on the coverage of “older” literature in Swedish EFL courses at upper secondary school in a flexible and thorough way. Presupposing that the novel comprises various literary genres and forms, the paper provides a close reading through a proposed perspective on Romanticism, in which a continuum consisting of domestic felicity, courtship and the Gothic is foregrounded. READ MORE

  4. 8. Emerging Feminism and Patricharchal values in Austen's Emma

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Isabella Boseovska; [2022]
    Keywords : Feminism; Patriarchy; change; growth; Mary Wollstonecraft; character;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the patriarchal values and feminist ideas in the novel Emma in Jane Austen. The focus of this thesis is on how patriarchy and feminism is portrayed in the novel Emma. READ MORE

  5. 9. Gender in Pride and Prejudice : A look at gender roles relating to the characters Elizabeth and Lydia Bennet

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Jessica Pedersen; [2021]
    Keywords : Gender; Gender roles; Pride and Prejudice; Jane Austen; EFL; upper secondary school; critical literacy theory; feminist literary theory.;

    Abstract : This essay will discuss gender in Pride and Prejudice, the timeless work by Jane Austen. It also discusses how a teacher might approach the subject of gender roles in a classroom environment based on a reading project featuring Pride and Prejudice. READ MORE

  6. 10. Emma Woodhouse, Handsome, Clever, and Rich... and Bisexual? : a study of attraction and impossible things in Jane Austen's Emma

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Natasha Jonsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Jane Austen; Emma; Bisexuality; Close reading; Emma Woodhouse; Bisexual;

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