SemesterFall Semester, 2018
DepartmentMA Program of English, First Year Ph.D. Program in English Literature, First Year MA Program of English, Second Year Ph.D. Program in English Literature, Second Year
Course NameJane Austen Studies
InstructorWU YIH DAU
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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Week 1 (19th Sep )



Introduction



Discussion



Week 2 (26th Sep)



Pride and Prejudice:



historical background and textual analysis (Philosophy)



Week 3 (3rd Oct)



Pride and Prejudice



historical background and textual analysis (Estates)



Week 4 (10th Oct)



National holiday



Week 5 (17th Oct)



Critical essay: Duckworth, Pride and Prejudice: the Reconstitution of Society



Week 6 (24th Oct)



Critical essay: Johnson, ‘Pride and Prejudice and the Pursuit of Happiness’



Week 7 ( 31st Oct)



Emma



historical background and textual analysis (Psychology)



Week 8 (7th Nov)



Emma



historical background and textual analysis (Manners)



Week 9 (14th Nov)



Critical essay: Stewart, ‘The Fools in Austen’s Emma’



Week 10 (21th Nov)



Critical essay: Waldron, ‘Men of Sense and Silly Wives: the Confusions of Mr Knightley’



Week 11(28th Nov)



Critical essay: Byrne, ‘Emma: The Obliged and the Obligated’



Week 12(5th Dec)



Persuasion



historical background and textual analysis (Gender)



Week 13(12th Dec)



Persuasion



historical background and textual analysis (Sociability)



Week 14 (19th Dec)



Critical essay: Mooneyham, ‘Loss and the Language of Restitution in Persuasion



Week 15 (26th Dec)



Critical essay: Steiner, ‘Persuasion: Developing an “Elasticity of Mind”’



Week 16 (2nd Jan)



Mini-conference: present your term paper and respond to the comments of your classmates



Week 17 (9th Jan)



Mini-conference: present your term paper and respond to the comments of your classmates



Week 18 (16th Jan)



Term paper due



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Grading policies:



Weekly contributions (including in-class discussion, presentation and the mini-conference) 40%



Final term paper 60%


Textbook & Reference
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