Enlightenment ideas revealed in Jane Austen's novels (LIT 14)

• Day and time: Wednesday 11:15 - 12:45
  Weekly
• Length of course: 3 terms. Autumn (10 Weeks), Spring (10 Weeks), Summer (9 Weeks)
• Number of places: 8
• Start date: 11 October 2023
• Description:

  The Regency was a time of upheaval and revolutionary ideas, some of which Jane Austen examined in her novels. This course will look at three main themes: women's rights, social hierarchies and the exercise of power, and finally the search for individual fulfilment. Each term we will explore one theme through the lens of two of Austen's novels.

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• Format: Lecture and discussion

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• Tutor: Melina Heaton
  
• I studied Comparative Literature at university and taught IB English and Theory of Knowledge in international schools.

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