Connecting and Critiquing the Canon

This article discusses the intertextual connections between the young adult novel, Pride by Ibi Zoboi, and the canonical text, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Similarities between the plot and structure of the two texts are discussed along with the differences in themes between the novels. Critical Race Theory is used to help make sense of the differences between the novels and critique the overwhelming whiteness of the canon. Implications for educators who wish to pair the two novels are provided.

The Feminism in the Eye of Jane Austen

In this paper the author first makes an analysis of the feminism hinted in Jane Austen, she implicitly expresses her discontentment of a popular view of her day—women were born less talented than men and women were less rational than men. As is known, nearly every literary works has its own social or political background. Pride and Prejudice is no exception. So the writing about feminism in this novel, namely the status of women, legalities of marriage, women’s education, moral standard upon sex as well as Jane Austen’s own life experience. It was thought that Austen was a romance writer who taught virtue in her prose.

„Duma i uprzedzenie i zombi” Setha Grahame-Smitha i Jane Austen jako popkulturowy recykling kanonu

The article discusses the film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which is a reference to Jane Austen’s novel, and the problem of zombie characters as a factor modifying the reality of its original version. The analysis was carried out with reference to the plot design of the film, the way of creating heroes and the costumes within the framework of a costume movie in which the story was embedded. The aim of the article is to identify the causes and consequences of introducing undead characters to the world created by Jane Austen. The reasons for this treatment were the popularity of the zombie motif in popular culture, the tendencies to experiment with the reinterpretation of works considered classic and repeatedly processed earlier into the language of cinema, as well as an attempt to adapt them to the requirements of a contemporary recipient seeking strong impressions. In addition, the world of zombies is a manifestation of the popular aspirations to achieve an economic profit. Consequences of completing the world with the undead epidemic theme include changes in the current social order, brutalization and sexualization of relations between characters, as well as a return to the traditional film narration about women, presented primarily as aesthetic objects and a source of interest for male characters.

QUEM É VOCÊ, LIZZIE BENNET?” - PARATEXTOS, FICÇÃO E FACTUALIDADE EM TLBD

O presente texto visa analisar qualitativamente as relações entre os paratextos da websérie The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (adaptação do romance Orgulho e Preconceito, de Jane Austen) e a percepção de um pequeno grupo de usuários da Internet. As discussões iniciais envolvendo o binômio ficção x factualidade (Kuhn) e os conceitos de paratextualidade (Genette) e de metacomunicação e enquadramento (Bateson, Watzlawick, Goffman, Volli) nos levaram a diferentes formas de percepção desses usuários. Ao final, percebe-se que existem não apenas diferentes percepções em relação ao texto, mas que, em parte, tal diferenciação se dá pela não atenção aos indícios paratextuais, alterando o próprio estatuto da obra junto ao usuário.

a imagem de jane austen em biografias do seculo xix

Por meio de um estudo interpretativo, olhamos para as imagens de Jane Austen propagadas nas biografias do século XIX, as quais focam mais no papel social de mulher que era performado do que na escritora de literatura