ENG150Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jane Austen, August Von Kotzebue, Dying Young
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Characters who run from drawing room to drawing room. Bronte is 30 years later than austen. Roman d"aprentissage > learning and building novel. Fanny is moral centre > moral is way she approaches slavery, nature, upper classes (romantic heroine) Different type because in england there are different strains of romanticism. Edmund burke > crusty > political theorist (18th) People like genre for politics but not aesthetics. Portrays upper classes to the point of evilness. Lower class have emotion and value sentiment and authenticity of sentiment. To some point, austen is critical of aristocracy. Fanny is adopted and gets to observe gentry from her position as an outsider. Fanny is opposed to mary crawford (outsider, aristocratic, city people) > money and status is her value. Fanny compared to mary crawford is a good romantic heroine. Fanny interested in religion and tradition but not religious practices. Mary crawford is an anti romantic heroine.
