This class will explore the development of Jane Austen's literary career through a focus on her six major novels and some of the juvenilia. Background information on Austen's life and times will enable students to appreciate the many themes and subtexts of these works. Suitable for Jane-ites as well as those unfamiliar with her work, the class will explore, through close reading, lecture, active class discussion, and research, what made Austen so popular in her time as well as why she remains so compellingly popular today.
Frequency
Occasionally