This is a course description for informational purposes only.  When this course is next offered in spring 2008, a full syllabus will be available via Blackboard to students registered in the course.

This is a separate course from the 3-credit, 3000-level "Jane Austen in Popular Culture."  You may register for both courses as long as you have the necessary prerequisite for ENG 3020.

Jane Austen on Screen (ENG 2xxx; 1 credit)

 

course description:

            This course examines a set of screen adaptations of the six novels of Jane Austen (1775-1817) and a new biopic of Austen, which will all be broadcast on PBS's "Masterpiece Theatre" program from January to April 2008.   We will discuss the screen versions as well as what this "Masterpiece Theatre" series suggests about the significance of Austen to contemporary popular audiences.  Each student will read one of Austen's novels and will write an analytical paper about the screen adaptation of that novel.  Weekly reading responses and active participation in discussion are required.

            This course is cross-listed with Women's Studies.


Required books:

Ray, Joan Klingel.  Jane Austen for Dummies.  ISBN 0470008296 or 978-0470008294

any edition of one of the following Austen novels: Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, or Northanger Abbey

Films:

**all are to be broadcast on "Masterpiece Theatre."  Starred titles are also available on DVD.

Sense and Sensibility, screenplay by Andrew Davies (2008)
**Emma, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence (1995)

**Pride and Prejudice, screenplay by Andrew Davies (1995)

Miss Austen Regrets (2008)

Northanger Abbey, screenplay by Andrew Davies (2007)

Mansfield Park (2007)

Persuasion (2007)


Course Requirements:

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