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Jane Austen

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
TuTh 9:30a.m. – 10:45a.m.		 McCormack M01-0616 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Time
TuTh 9:30a.m. – 10:45a.m.
Location
McCormack M01-0616
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

This course examines Jane Austen's major works with regard to content and context. In trying to understand the enduring popularity of Austen's major novels, we will discuss questions of adaptation and nostalgia, style and social class. In reading Austen's major novels, students will be encourages to understand philosophical issues (most notably aesthetics and the theory of the mind), and historical aspects of Regency period culture (the marriage market, inheritance practices, Britain's view of France, the slave trade, and novel reading). Attention will also be paid to other important female writers of her time in the attempt to understand Austen's posthumous elevation to literary stardom.

Prerequisites

ENGL 200 or 201 or 202

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/27/2025 - 5/14/2025

Location

McCormack M01-0616

Enrolled / Capacity

20 / 24

Status

Closed

Instructor

Elizabeth Fay

Tuition*

$1984 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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