English 4245-01, Jane Austen, Spring 2014, MWF, 9:00 - 9:50 am, BU 111Dr. Eric W. Nye, Office Hours: MWF 10:00 - 11:00 am or by appt., Hoyt Hall 308, 766-3244
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Syllabus
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Mon., 13 Jan.:
Austen in context. Some of the following:
Common Measure
and the Hymn
Download the free Jane
Austen manuscript font
Tues., 14 Jan.: 7 pm Classroom Building 129, Jane
Austen Society at the University of Wyoming,
formational meeting (bring
a friend). Wed., 15 Jan.:
Marilyn Butler,
"Jane Austen," in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).
Horace Walpole,
The Castle of Otranto (1764). Fri., 17 Jan.:
Robert Burns, "Tam
o'Shanter" (1791).
Short Reports assigned, due 24
and 27 January.
Tues., 21 Jan.: 7 pm,
Classroom Building, room 129: extracurricular showing of
Oliver Goldsmith's, She Stoops to Conquer
(1773). Wed., 22 Jan.: Love and Freindship [sic]: a Novel in a Series of Letters (1790), pp. 75-106 (OWC), also Introduction, pp. ix-xxxviii. See photos and transcriptions of original in British Library, Add. MS. 59874 Northanger Abbey (1818), vol. 1, pp. 5-87 (NCE). Click here to read a color facsimile of the 1818 first edition. Fri., 24 Jan.: Northanger Abbey (1818), vol. 1, continued
Short Reports handout due. Mon., 27 Jan.:
Northanger Abbey
(1818), vol. 2, pp. 88-174 (NCE).
Tues., 28 Jan.: 7 pm,
Classroom Building, room 129: extracurricular showing of
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's, The
School for Scandal (1777). Wed., 29 Jan.: Northanger Abbey (1818), concluded. George Gordon, Lord Byron Hours of Idleness (1807), ed. Peter Cochran. Short Reports paper one due.
Cassandra Austen (1773-1845), Jane Austen (1804), watercolor, private collection. Fri., 31 Jan.:
Sense and Sensibility
(1811), vol. 1, pp. 5-98 (NCE). Mon., 3 Feb.:
Sense and Sensibility
(1811), vol. 1, continued.
Tues., 4 Feb.: 7 pm Classroom Building 129,
extracurricular showing of
ITV's, Northanger Abbey (2008), screenplay by Andrew Davies. Wed., 5 Feb.:
Sense and Sensibility
(1811), vol. 2, pp. 99-180 (NCE). Fri., 7 Feb.:
Sense and Sensibility
(1811), vol. 2, continued.
Fri., 7 Feb.: Extracurricular English Country Dance
in Denver with Chris Kermiet instructing, 8-11 pm.
Click here
for further details. Listen to the
Grandview Orchestra perform the "Duke of Kent's Waltz." Mon., 10 Feb.: Sense and Sensibility (1811), vol. 3, pp. 181-269 (NCE).
Paper two assigned, due Fri., 21 Feb.
Tues., 11 Feb.: 7 pm,
Classroom Building, room 129, extracurricular showing of
BBC's, Sense and Sensibility (2008), screenplay by Andrew
Davies. See also the
video
interview with Andrew Davies, "Longing, Betrayal, & Redemption,"
about how he adapts the novels for the screen. Wed., 12 Feb.:
Sense and Sensibility
(1811), vol. 3, continued. Fri., 14 Feb.:
Sense and Sensibility
(1811), review.
Click here
to read a color facsimile of the 1811 first edition. Sun., 16 Feb.: Extracurricular Regency Dance Workshop, 2-5 pm, The Odd Fellows Hall, 319 E. 4th St., Loveland, CO, Cost: $8.00 per person.
Mon., 17 Feb.:
Pride and Prejudice (1813), vol. 1, pp.
3-89 (NCE).
Tues., 18 Feb.: 7 pm,
Classroom Building, room 129, extracurricular showing of Wed., 19 Feb.:
Pride and Prejudice (1813),
vol. 2, pp. 89-158 (NCE). Fri., 21 Feb.: Pride and Prejudice (1813), vol. 3, pp. 158-254 (NCE).
Paper two due. Mon., 24 Feb.:
Pride and Prejudice (1813), review.
Tues., 25 Feb.: 7 pm,
Classroom Building, room 129, extracurricular showing of Wed., 26 Feb.: see Bal Masqué dancing Knole Park. and What Jane Saw on 24 May 1813 in London. Midterm review.
Midterm Exam Part 1 distributed. Fri., 28 Feb.: Midterm
Midterm Exam, Part 1 (take home essays) due. Mon., 3 Mar.: Lady Susan (c. 1805), pp. 41-103 (PCE). See facsimile of Austen's holograph MS at the Morgan Library. And check out the Jane Austen Fiction Manuscripts Digital Edition.
Jane Austen, Lady Susan, autograph manuscript, written ca. 1794-95 and transcribed in fair copy soon after 1805. The Morgan Library & Museum, Purchased in 1947; MA 1226. Wed., 5 Mar.: Lady Susan (c. 1805), continued. Paper three assigned, due Wed., 26 Mar.
The Rice Portrait of
Jane Austen c. 1788 by Ozias Humphry, RA (1742-1810), failed to sell at
Christie's in 2007 with a reserve of £350,000, Fri., 7 Mar.:
Kotzebue/Inchbald,
"Lovers' Vows" (1798), NCE pp. 329-75.
Cowper,
Tirocinium: or a Review of Schools (1784). Wordsworth,
"Simon Lee"
(1798) and Coleridge,
"Frost at
Midnight" (1798).
Extracurricular English Country Dance
in Denver with Chris Kermiet instructing, 8-11 pm.
Click here
for further details. Listen to the
Grandview Orchestra perform the "Duke of Kent's Waltz." Sun., 9 Mar.: Extracurricular Regency/Lewis & Clark Costume Ball, 3 pm, dancing from 4-7 pm, Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive, Fort Collins, CO, Cost: $20.00 per person. The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen (2011), BBC. Mon., 10 Mar.:
Mansfield Park (1814), vol. 1,
continued. Wed., 12 Mar.:
Mansfield Park (1814), vol. 2,
pp. 121-210 (NCE). Fri., 14 Mar.:
Mansfield Park (1814), vol. 2, continued. Mon., 24 Mar.:
Mansfield Park (1814), vol.
3, pp. 211-321 (NCE).
Tues., 25 Mar.:
7 pm, Hoyt Hall, room 215:
extracurricular showing of
Miss Austen Regrets
(2008, BBC),
Olivia Williams
enacts scenes from Austen's life, using a script based on the surviving
letters. Written by Gwyneth Hughes and Emma Thomas.
Wed., 26 Mar.:
Mansfield Park (1814),
vol. 3, continued.
James Stanier Clarke (1765-1834), Domestic
Chaplain and Librarian to the Prince of Wales,
alleged watercolor portrait of Fri., 28 Mar.:
Emma
(1816), vol. 1,
pp. 5-106 (NCE).
Paper three due
JASNA
2013-2014 Essay Contest.
Sat., 29 Mar.: Extracurricular Community Dance at
Quadra-Dangle Square Dance Club 3905 Grays Gable Rd., Laramie, WY, 7:00
to 9:00 pm. Cost: $10.00 per person or $5.00 with student ID!
For questions or information, call Lew Lyon at 307-742-5960. Mon., 31 Mar.:
Emma
(1816), vol. 1,
continued. Wed., 2 Apr.:
Emma
(1816),
vol. 2, pp. 107-216 (NCE).
Fri., 4 Apr.:
Emma
(1816),vol. 2, continued. Click here
to read a color facsimile of the 1816 first edition. Mon., 7 Apr.:
Emma
(1816),vol. 3, pp. 217-333 (NCE). Wed., 9 Apr.: Emma (1816),vol. 3, continued.
Cassandra Austen (1773-1845), Jane Austen (c. 1810), watercolor, National Portrait Gallery, London Fri., 11 Apr.:
Persuasion
(1818), vol. 1, pp. 3-85 (NCE).
Click here to read a color
facsimile of the 1818 first edition. Mon., 14 Apr.:
Persuasion
(1818), vol. 1, continued.
Tues., 15 Apr.: 7:00 pm, Hoyt
Hall, room 215:
Extracurricular showing of
BBC's, Persuasion (1995),
screenplay by Nick Dear.
James Andrews, Portrait of Jane Austen (1869), commissioned by
her nephew
Rev. James Edward Austen-Leigh to accompany his biography of her,
Wed., 16 Apr.:
Persuasion
(1818), vol. 2, pp. 85-178 (NCE). Mon., 21 Apr.:
Persuasion
(1818),
vol. 2, continued. See the
draft of
the original ending in manuscript from the British Library.
Wed., 23 Apr.:
The
Watsons (1803-05), pp. 105-52 (PCE). And see the original manuscript from
Oxford's Bodleian Library at the
Jane Austen Fiction
Manuscripts Digital Edition. Fri., 25 Apr.:
The Watsons (1803-05), continued.
Paper four due.
The Ball, JASNA 2010 AGM, Fort Worth, TX, from BBC's The Many Lovers
of Miss Jane Austen (2011) Mon., 28 Apr.:
Sanditon (1817), pp. 153-211 (PCE). And see the original manuscript from
King's College, Cambridge, at the
Jane Austen Fiction
Manuscripts Digital Edition. Wed., 30 Apr.:
Sanditon (1817), continued.
Rudyard Kipling, "The
Janeites," Hearst's International, MacLean's, and the
Story-Teller Magazine, May 1924, collected in Debits and
Credits (1926). Fri., 2 May:
Review.
Sun., 4 May:
Garden Party to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the
publication of Mansfield Park. Details tba.
Final Exam: Monday, 5 May, 8:00 to 10:00 am in our usual
classroom. Required Books: The following six novels will be bundled for roughly a 30% savings in cost (ISBN 978-0-393-91743-7): UW $79.20 new bundled Jane Austen, ed. Susan Fraiman. Northanger Abbey (1818) (New York: W. W. Norton, paper, 2004, Norton Critical Edition). 978-0-393-97850-6 Online price: $15.62Jane Austen, ed. Claudia L. Johnson. Sense and Sensibility (1811) (New York: W. W. Norton, paper, 2001, Norton Critical Edition). 978-0-393-97751-6 Online price: $15.62 Jane Austen, ed. Stephen M. Parrish. Pride and Prejudice (1813) (New York: W. W. Norton, paper, 3rd edn., 2001, Norton Critical Edition). 978-0-393-97604-5 Online price: $13.09 Jane Austen, ed. Claudia L. Johnson. Mansfield Park (1814) (New York: W. W. Norton, paper, 1998, Norton Critical Edition). 978-0-393-96791-3 Online price: $14.51 Jane Austen, ed. George Justice. Emma (1816) (New York: W. W. Norton, paper, 4th edn., 2011, Norton Critical Edition). 978-0-393-92764-1 Online price: $16.25 Jane Austen, ed. Patricia Meyer Spacks. Persuasion (1818) (New York: W. W. Norton, paper, 2nd edn., 2012, Norton Critical Edition). 978-0-393-91153-4 Online price: $15.36 Jane Austen, ed. Margaret Drabble. Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sanditon (New York: Penguin Books, paper, 1974, Penguin Classics Edition). 978-0-140-43102-5 Online price: $8.64 Jane Austen, ed. Margaret Anne Doody & Douglas Murray. Catharine and Other Writings (New York: Oxford World's Classics, paper, 2009). 978-0-199-53842-3 Online price: $10.26 Paula Byrne. The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things (New York: Harper Collins, paper, 2013). 978-0061999109 Online price: $15.29 Optional Books: Abrams, M. H. & Geoffrey Harpham. A Glossary of Literary Terms, 10th edn. (NY: Thomson Heinle, paper, 2011). 978-0495898023 Joan Klingel Ray. Jane Austen for Dummies (NY: Wiley, 2006). 978-0-470-00829-4 Deidre Le Faye. Jane Austen the World of Her Novels (London: Frances Lincoln, 2003). 978-0-711-22278-6 Josephine Ross. Jane Austen: a Companion (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2007). 978-0-813-53954-6 Jane Austen, ed. Deirdre Le Faye. Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford: Oxford University Press, paper, 1997). 978-0-192-83297-9. See also Molland's online subject index to this edition. Blogs and other links: Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) Jane Austen Society of the University of Wyoming (JASUW) Jane Austen Society (United Kingdom) Hyper-concordances of all Jane Austen's novels
Course Description: In an age of revolution, experimentation, and dissolution of received literary forms, Jane Austen rescued the novel and demonstrated its suitability for the most comprehensive and humane literary purposes. With exquisite craftsmanship she raised the stakes for her nineteenth-century successors in the novel, and her audiences have been faithful ever since. We will examine her antecedents in the eighteenth-century, the complex cultural milieu in which she emerged, and the range of critical opinion she has evoked over the past two centuries. Why are people admitting, today more than ever, that they love Jane Austen? Course Objectives:
1. Comprehend the history of the
language, its grammar and syntax, the arts of rhetoric, and the
conventions of expository writing Grading Standards: Class participation and take home exercises (numerical, total 5% of final grade), Quizzes on assigned readings (numerical, total 10%), essays and presentations (letter-grade, total 45%), midterm exam (half objective-numerical, half essay letter-grade, total 20%), final exam (half objective-numerical, half essay letter-grade, total 20%). The final course grade is determined from the weighted total of the above in accordance with usual academic standards (ex: 90-100=A, 80-89=B, etc). Attendance policy: University-sponsored absences are cleared through the Office of Student Life. Attendance is essential in a class like this. You will be allowed one absence by prior arrangement for personal business reasons. For that and any subsequent officially authorized absence you will be required to make up additional work and must contact me. Two unexcused absences will signify that you do not intend to pass the class. This policy accords with UW Regulation 6-713. Academic Honesty is strictly enforced according to UW Regulation 6-802 "Procedures and Authorized University Actions in Cases of Student Academic Dishonesty". The Student Code of Conduct may be found by linking to the Dean of Students Office page. Disability Statement: If you have a physical, learning, sensory or psychological disability and require accommodation, please let me know as soon as possible. You will need to register with, and provide documentation of your disability to University Disability Support Services (UDSS) in SEO, room 330 Knight Hall. Any changes to the syllabus will be announced in class or on this course website, where the date of most recent revision follows: Last updated: 21-Nov-14 Notify me of corrections or additions.
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