AJ14077 Jane Austen in Past and Present

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eva Juhasová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 17:30–19:05 U33
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ01002 Practical English II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course aims at a detailed analysis of Jane Austen's works and their adaptations through various types of methodological approach. The course particularly concentrates on a description and explanation of current popularity of Austen, her novels and characters, and the way they influnce the modern reader.
Learning outcomes
The students will leave the course with better understanding of Austen's novels and characters, literary genres of gothic fiction or comedy of manners, and a better knowledge of such methodological approaches as new traditionalism or postfeminism.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Introductory leson; Weeks 2 and 3: Northanger Abbey; Weeks 4 and 5: Sense and Sensibility; Weeks 6 and 7: Pride and Prejudice; Weeks 8 and 9: Emma; Weeks 10 and 11: Mansfield Park; and Weeks 12 and 13: Persuasion. The course will also go through some film and TV adaptations of the aforementioned novels, as well as some of Austen's juvenilia.
Literature
    required literature
  • Miller, D.A. Jane Austen or The Secret of Style. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005.
  • GILBERT, Sandra M. and Susan GUBAR. The madwoman in the attic : the woman writer and the nineteenth-century literary imagination. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984, xiv, 719. ISBN 0300025963. info
    recommended literature
  • FULLERTON, Susannah. Happily ever after : celebrating Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice. First Frances Lincoln editio. London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2013, 240 stran. ISBN 9780711233744. info
  • Flirting with Pride & prejudice : fresh perspectives on the original chick-lit masterpiece. Edited by Jennifer Crusie - Glenn Yeffeth. Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books, Inc., 2005, 230 stran. ISBN 9781932100723. info
Teaching methods
This course is based on intensive reading, class discussions, written responses and an essay.
Assessment methods
Participation in class discussions 40%, written responses in the ELF 20%, final essay 40% of the final mark.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2018/AJ14077