Jane Made Plain

  approaches to Jane Austen

    by Wendy Jonas

Jane Made Plain provides a detailed treatment of three of Jane Austen's novels:

Pride and Prejudice

Emma

Persuasion

For each novel there is background information on Jane Austen's ideology and her world, and a diverse range of activities, including photocopiable worksheets looking at the story, characters and language.

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    Jane Made Plain Contents

             Pride and Prejudice

Section A: Setting

Worksheet 1 The World of the Novel

Section B: Themes / Issues / Main Concerns

Worksheet 2 Courtship and Marriage

Worksheet 3 The Importance of Correct Judgement

Worksheet 4 Elizabeth's Struggle for Individuality and Self-Respect

Worksheet 5 Follies and Nonsense

Section C: Characters: Simple and Intricate

Worksheet 6 Heroine, Hero and Villain

Worksheet 7 Characters Continued

Section D: Narrative Methods

Worksheet 8 Narrative Methods

Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing

Emma

Section A: Setting and Social Occasions

Worksheet 1 The Society of Which the Novel Gives a Picture '

Worksheet 2 Emma's Little World, Hartfield and Highhury

Worksheet 3 Social Occasions

Section B: Emma's Errors

Worksheet 4 The Harriet Smith - Mr Elton Affair

Worksheet 5 The Jane Fairfax - Frank Churchill Affair

Worksheet 6 Humiliation - and Self-Awareness?

Section C: Mainly Males

Worksheet 7 The Men in Emma's Life

Section D: Emma as a Comic Novel

Worksheet 8 The Definition of Comedy

Worksheet 9 The Comic Characters

Worksheet 10 Comedy Continued

Section E: Austen's Irony .

Worksheet 11 Revision Exercise

Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing

Addendum Alternative Page References

Persuasion

Section A: Setting and Social Groups

Worksheet 1 The Society of Which The Novel Gives a Picture

Worksheet 2 Place Settings

Worksheet 3 Social Groups or "Sets of People"

Section B: Plot / Structure

Worksheet 4 The Novel's Opening

Worksheet 5 The Structure of the Novel as a Whole

Worksheet 6 The Revised Ending

Worksheet 7 Plot Mechanisms

The Role of Various Characters

Section C: Ideas / Issues / Main Concerns

Worksheet 8 Courtship and Marriage

Worksheet 9 The Novel's Title

Worksheet 10 "A Woman's Portion"

Worksheet 11 Change and Constancy

Worksheet 12 "Follies and Nonsense" The Faults of Human Nature

Section D: The Heroine

Worksheet 13 Characterisation and Narrative Techniques

Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing

Addendum: Alternative Page References

Comparison Questions