In this course, we will read together and examine Jane Austen’s writings, beginning with a look at her juvenilia. We will read and examine all of her major novels and conclude with a look at later writings.
Each session will include a 30-minute lecture and a 30-minute discussion session, during which participants can raise questions and present their perspective on the texts that we are reading.
The schedule for the course is as follows:
- Juvenilia Sense and Sensibility (1811)
- Pride and Prejudice (1813)
- Mansfield Park (1814)
- Emma (1815)
- Northanger Abbey (1817)
- Persuasion (1817)
- Lady Susan
There will also be optional critical readings provided.