Essays about: "Jane Austen"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 62 essays containing the words Jane Austen.

  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. 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

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. 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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  6. 10. Class, Rank and Status in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Kajsa Söderström; [2021]
    Keywords : Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice; social class; social rank; social status; historical background; biographical background; social criticism; early 19th century; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Pride and Prejudice, published in 1813, is one of Jane Austen’s best known novels but there is much hidden from a modern reader when encountering the text. Being unfamiliar with the class system of early 19th-century England and its complexities will diminish the impact of the novel that would be apparent to an early reader of Austen. READ MORE