Jane Made Plain: Approaches to Jane Austen

Jane Made Plain: Approaches to Jane Austen 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.

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