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Apr 25, 2024
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2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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GFS 316 In the Footsteps of Jan Austen
Despite her limited number of publications and early death, Jane Austen has become a global cultural phenomenon. This Global Field Study will examine Jane Austen and her works from a geo-critical perspective, meaning that we will explore how place and space have influenced how she lived and what she wrote. During the in-class portion of the course, we will read 3 or 4 of Jane Austen novels, view modern film adaptations, and read Jane’s letters, a biography, and a series of non-fiction readings that discuss the physical locations and cultural era in which Austen lived and wrote. Then, by immersing ourselves in Jane Austen’s birthplace and walking in both, her real and literary footsteps, we will gain a better understanding of what it means to be a product of our own environment. The novels we will read coincide with the geographical locations that we will visit. For example, Pride and Prejudice is set in the countryside (similar to Hampshire county) and London, and Northanger Abbey and Persuasion are set in Bath. Though there will be various writing assignments throughout the semester, the final project will be a travel article detailing our experiences abroad.
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