ENG 262 - Jane Austen in Contemporary Culture

This course explores the current cultural impact of the novels of Jane Austen, one of the most important writers of the Regency period. We will read these works with attention to historical time period, Austen’s contemporaries’ views, and recent Austen scholarship to place Austen’s work within the context of its intellectual, literary, and cultural history. Through this exploration, we will reconsider Austen’s political and social engagement through her domestic novels. To fully encompass Austen’s legacy, the course will also take up the current commodification of Austen’s novels through cultural responses like film adaptation. For undergraduate English majors, this course satisfies the Period (C-2) requirement.

Anticipated Terms Offered: Every other year.