Student questions about Northanger Abbey
In Arts One, I ask two students per seminar meeting to come to class with questions for us to discuss. Since I was sick on Friday, they didn’t get to ask their questions in class. I decided to post them on my blog instead so others in the class could see them and possibly give […]
Northanger Abbey, Gothic Novels, Zombies and Video Games
I am unfortunately not feeling well enough to be in class today for Arts One, though I can lie down and type on the computer so I’m putting some thoughts on this week’s book and film on my blog. First up: Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. Northanger Abbey and gothic novels The narrator I was really […]
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey was one of the books I looked forward to reading, as I’ve read her other works in the past, with Pride and Prejudice being my absolute favorite. My first impression of the novel was that it wasn’t quite as interesting as P&P, seeing as it started off quite slow and ordinary. But, one […]
Becoming ‘zombie’ in Northanger Abbey
Taisei Inoue As I read through ‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen, it reminds me of the scenery I saw in Bath during my winter break. It is a great pleasure for me, being able to imagine characters walking the streets of Bath visiting Pump-room, which is still what most of tourist do when they visit […] Continue reading →
Female Characters in Northanger Abbey
In Northanger Abby by Jane Austen, she provides different types of female characters in her novel. Many times authors in the 1800s just offered two types; the maternal figure and the gossiping socialite. Very few portrayed a female character as the heroine. While Austen includes the maternal and gossiping socialite characters, she makes the main character […] Continue reading →
Jane Austen, take 2
As a preface to this blog post, I must confess that I (tried to) read Jane Austen before, in the form of Pride and Prejudice, and made it through what I found to be 60 excruciatingly dull pages before falling asleep and giving up. I found the slow plot and the intricate details of socialite life to be exhausting. Considering that Austen, and Pride and Prejudice specifically, have long been favorites of my mother, I was excited (and wary) to give her (Austen, not my mother) a second chance. Interestingly…read more
Northanger Abbey
I found the frequent appearance of Gothic novels in Northanger Abbey an interesting theme. Catherine’s fascination with them as well as Henry’s parody (when they are on the way to Northanger Abbey) allow for Northanger Abbey to become a sort of ideal for Catherine. Northanger is expected by Catherine, to be an old decaying mansion filled […]
Northanger Abbey
Contrary to my expectations, I enjoyed Northanger Abbey abbey quite a bit, becoming strangely compelled by the story, and its characters. I think part of what I was so enamoured by was the fact that Jane Austen was able to make so much out of so little, and out of such ‘traditional’ characters. Even though […]
Like Downton Abbey, But In Book Form
I swear in the first 100 pages of this book, nothing actually happens. I can summarise the first 100 pages like this:Catherine: likeable, if really, really naive and innocent. “A woman in love with one man cannot flirt with another” (140), sorry …
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey pulls off the difficult feat of being both relentlessly self-reflexive and (on the whole) a genuinely enjoyable read. It is, after all, a commentary on the writing and reading of novels, and more specifically on the … Continue reading →
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