First Austen Reports (& Paper One):
Short reports on Austen's contexts: the literature, society, and politics of
her youth
Select one of the unclaimed topics shown from
the list below. As
soon as a topic is taken, I'll enter the name of the student who claimed it next
to it in this list. Present your topic in the form of a single sheet,
double-sided
illustrated report for
your fellow-students. Print 25 copies to distribute in class Friday, Sept.
7th. The report should summarize
the main names, terms, dates, sources, or other memorable facts of your topic.
Be sure it includes a bibliographic note of at least one good print and one online source.(standard form of citation, see
Chicago
Manual of Style). All reports
will be evaluated and rated by the rest of the class. Then you will be
asked to present your topic in a two or three minute class presentation on
Monday, Sept. 10th. That presentation will also be evaluated and rated.
This assignment fulfills part of the FYS outcome #1:
Access diverse information through focused research, active discussion, and
collaboration with peers.
Popular Literature of Jane Austen's Youth:
Early Reviews of Northanger Abbey (NCE) pp. 243-63.
Jane Austen's Juvenilia:
The Three Sisters: a Novel (1792) (OWC)
pp. 55-67.
Catherine, or the Bower (1792) in Northanger
Abbey (NCE) pp. 206-12, (OWC) pp. 186-229.
Frederic and Elfrida: a Novel () (OWC)
pp. 3-10.
Jack and Alice: a Novel () (OWC) pp.
11-26.
Henry and Eliza: a Novel () (OWC) pp.
31-6.
Lesley Castle: an Unfinished Novel in Letters (1792)
(OWC) pp. 107-33.
History of England and other Scraps (1791) And see Northanger Abbey
(NCE) pp. 197-206; (OWC) pp. 134-44.
Meals
and Food
Shannon Fassler
Politics: