EN 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Emma Woodhouse, Mary Poovey, Dialogic
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Wildly popular, not terribly realist writer; walks interesting line between comedy/realism/romance, not set out to be graphically realist. Very restricted world, completely white; people worry about getting married but get married in the end if they want to, it all works out. Al(cid:373)ost all adaptatio(cid:374)s are period pie(cid:272)es, set i(cid:374) ja(cid:374)e auste(cid:374)"s ti(cid:373)e of regency (someone in place of king); features rather grand architecture, country houses, landscapes what all people imagine britain to be in the old days. Adaptation give reductive view of what britain was, british-ness. Austen never really tried to give a realistic presentation of her society; complicated depictions of class that do correspond to nuances of high society; britain has more complex vocab for classes than. Al(cid:373)ost (cid:374)o o(cid:374)e (cid:449)orks i(cid:374) this (cid:449)orld, there"s refere(cid:374)(cid:272)es to people working but no one is seen to be working. Interest in adaptation is somewhat nostalgic for an imaginary banished world. Gwyneth paltrow adaptation straightforward; a&e adaptation with.
