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Course Description
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Course Name
The World that Jane Austen Knew: Women, Gender and Culture in England
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Host University
Queen Mary, University of London
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Location
London, England
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Area of Study
European Studies, History, Women's and Gender Studies
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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UK Credits
15 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits4
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units6
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Credits: 15.0
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: NoneWhat did it mean to be a woman in Georgian England? This course investigates the lives and words of duchesses and dairy-maids, businesswomen and servants, spinsters and widows, naughty adulteresses and virtuous mothers, politicians and shopgirls. Students will use images, love-letters, novels, magazines, court records, sermons and diaries to explore the diversity of roles women played, continuity and change. Gender is nothing if not a relationship, so comparisons with Georgian men are made throughout - from the patriarch to the fop, from the sailor to the lover. Together we will examine gender roles in one of the most vivid centuries in our history, in search of the realities of life for Lizzie Bennet and Emma Woodhouse.
Assessment: 90.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical
Level: 6
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