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Emma Flashcards

1
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What did Virginia Woolf say about the Myth of Limitation?

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“These values are inevitably transferred from life to fiction.”

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Who describe Austen’s work as “very finely written”, and “describing the… ordinary life”?

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Sir Walter Scott

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What is the first known novel?

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11th Century ‘The Tale of Genji”

Japan

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4
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Who was Jane Austen’s favourite author/book?

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Samuel Richardson

- ‘Sir Charles Grandison’

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5
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What were some concerns that were held about women reading? (4)

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An activity done alone with no help.
Women may learn to think independently.
May talk back to men and lose obedience.
Might cause women to imagine a different life.

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When did Jane Austen live?

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1775- 1817

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When did she begin writing - and at what age?

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1788 (12-13 years old)

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How many children were in the Austen family?

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8

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What was her fathers occupation before his death in ___?

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died in 1805
Preacher at Steventon
Owned 500 books (very wealthy)

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Which of her siblings were adopted out?

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Edward (much like Frank Churchill)

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When was the Regency period and who ruled England at the time?

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1795-1837

Prince Regent George, ruling in stead of his father George III.

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12
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What happened in the early 1800s that caused unrest? (5)

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Riots
Napoleon invasions
New inventions (locomotives)
Economic depression
Habeas Corpus suspended
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13
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When was Emma published?

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1816

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14
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Who was Emma dedicated to?

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Prince Regent

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15
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Who are the Gentry?

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The highest class of England 
- landowners
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Who are the Psuedogentry?

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aspire to, live next to, marry into, and educate with the gentry.

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How much of the population were Gentry or Psuedogentry in 1803 and what was the percentage of national income?

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1.4% of population

15% of national income

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18
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Where was social mobility founded?

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Marriage (eg Miss Taylor - Mrs Weston)

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19
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What is the ‘marriage plot’?

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Novelistic marriage tradition with dialogue.

20
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What view does JA offer of marriage?

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advocates marriage as fostering personal moral growth with mutual benefits of individuals.

21
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What is the main pressure put on Emma?

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Class power

22
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Types of money in the Regency period (2)

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Block money (sums of capital)
yearly income (from interest)
23
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What kind of novel is Emma? (title)

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Eponymous

24
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Significance of names (George Knightley, Frank Churchill, Fairfax, Woodhouse)

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George Knightley - epitomizes English gentleman
Frank Churchill - ironic because of character’s secrecy
Fairfax and Woodhouse - opposing armies in the English civil war.

25
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What is the paradigm created for all women in the novel in the opening?

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Emma Woodhouse - handsome, clever, and rich.

All other women compared to this standard

26
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What is the pivotal point in the opening which makes the novel’s interest known?

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‘…SEEMED to unite all the blessings of existence…”

27
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What was the marriage market negotiated on?

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money and land.

also youth, vigour, attractiveness, reputation

28
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What is Austen’s chief means of criticizing the marriage market?

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Irony

Opposition of love and money (eg Robert and Harriet)

29
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What is femme couverte?

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Through marriage, legal existence of the women is suspended.

Includes belongings and name.

30
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What does Emma say of marriage in volume 1?

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“I have none of the usual inducements of women to marry.” (1.10.68)

31
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What is didactic literature?

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Aims to teach a lesson (moral)

32
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Which subplot questions the marriage narrative?

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Frank and Jane’s secret engagement.

33
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What ‘mysteries’ are there to uncover? (3)

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  1. Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill secret engagement
  2. Emma loves Mr Knightley
  3. Mr Knightley loves Emma
34
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Who are the most reliable characters in the novel?

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George and John Knightley

35
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How does M.H. Abrams describe point of view?

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The mode or perspective established by an author

36
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What are 6 types of narrative method?

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3rd person
Omniscient point of view
Authorial voice
Dialogue
Narrative voice
Free indirect style/discourse
37
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Where is 3rd person found in Emma?

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Opening

bulk of text

38
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What is an Omniscient narration also known as?

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“eye of God”

39
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Describe Authorial voice and where is it found (2)

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Reflective, Hortatory, Gnomic

2.15.220 reaction to Mr Elton’s return with a wife

40
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What is narrative voice?

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Uncontaminated by subjectivity

Objective, simply describes events

41
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What is FID?

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Actual mode of expression of a fictional character is embedded on narrative.

42
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How can FID be distinguished?

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Grammatical forms assimilated
No attribution tags
Exaggeration, slang, lack of logic, self-interest

43
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Types of Irony (3)

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Verbal
Structural
Dramatic

44
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What does the narrator say (FID) in Volume 1 about Emma’s impression of Harriet?

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“She was not struck by any thing remarkably clever in Miss Smith’s conversation.”

45
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How does Mr Woodhouse refer to Mrs Weston?

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“Poor Miss Taylor!”

46
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How does Emma respond to John Knightley’s comment on Mr Elton (Volume 1)?

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“Mr Elton in love with me! What an idea!”

47
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What doe Emma say after Harriet rejects Robert?

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“I give myself joy of this”

“Now I am secure of you forever”

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