S & S February 11 Class Notes

Coffey X Sense and Sensibility Notes: 11 February 2013

Sentimental Novel:

-          Overemphasize emotion

-          Very Victorian, lengthy description

-          Seeks to create emotional response in audience

-          Similar to ATTC

romance Novel:

-          Extended fictional prose- narrative (poetic nonfiction)

-          Probable events involving characters who are different than ordinary people

-          Similar to Nicholas Sparks’ novels

Novel of Manners:

-          Focusing on and describing in DETAIL, social customs of time

-          Particular social group

-          Characteristic of Austen’s work, stereotypically a female (cat fighting) skill

-          Fakeness/ façade- all is mannered, civil

Bildings Roman:

-          Coming of age

-          Similar to TEWWG

-          Protagonist is introduced to adulthood through knowledge, experience, or both

Feb 8 S&S notes

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Colonel Brandon:

• silent and gray, appearance not unpleasing...sensible, gentlemanly
• not sparkly
• to Marianne: absolute old bachelor, Willoughby joins in opinion that he is not worth noticing
• likes that Marianne is endlessly romantic, “and yet there is something so amiable in the prejudcies of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions” (43) shows a new more sensitive side of him. He doesn't want her to be crushed in love.
• Elinor likes him for being simple, reserved, respectable
• The way he responds to Marianne in the way he wants to protect her maybe so strong because he has a daughter.
• Haunted, mysterious
• stubborn when he needs to be shown when he goes into town
• Foil to Willoughby

Does Elinor still care for Edward?

She cannot stand for his name to became one of Ms. Jenning's jokes, so she does.

pg. 46

Willoughby:

• very attractive, graceful, young spirited, pg 37
• good abilities... spirited... perfect fit with Marriane, endlessly interesting, interest in music, dancing, art and passages
• when her and Marianne are together they are completely immature
• sense side shown when her must go to London for business and leave Marianne
• trivial/immature/petty shown in his description for the three reasons his dislikes Colonel Brandon
• Is he trustworthy? Questioned

Edward:

• “distrusts his own judgement”, absence of confidence and artistic taste
• sense, goodness, sweet intentions
• “plain and boring” to Marianne
• His mother and sister are very involved in his life → not very confident

Narrator:

• Mrs. Dashwood just falls in love with Edward, skips liking and hurries along marriage. Marianne and Mrs. Dashwood both through their overzealous imaginations believe Edward and Elinor to be engaged (pg. 15) mocks sensibility, quickness of attatchment
• Mr. John Dashwood is eventually manipulated into thinking that he needs money from them rather than giving any money away (pg. 22) exposing/ mocking greed
• 'there should always be a kid at the party' (pg. 25) makes fun of small talk

Class Notes 2/6/13

Class Notes

February 6, 2013

*Study for Parts of Speech Quiz

*Going forward use track changes when revising your essay instead of highlighting

Concision:

·      Repetition- sentences, words

·      Information the reader already knows

·      Quotations- many of the same, try incorporating them into sentences, cut down to only necessary information

o   Janie was disloyal to her husband because he “made her wrap her hair” (12).

·      Filter Words- Janie was able to leave her house after this conversation. Janie left her house…

o   There are many ways to interpret the language that Tannen uses. –This days nothing

o   Change to: When Tannen says “marked she might be referring to social markings or individual marks

Sense and Sensibility (Chapters 1-3)

·      Monthly allowance/yearly worth- multiply what your worth is by .05

·       

Family Tree 

Old Mr. Dashwood (Norland) (Old and dies)

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--

            Mrs. Dashwood ---------Mr. Henry Dashwood ---- Old Wife (deceased)

                                                       (Nephew/Dead)                

 Marianne, Margaret, Elinor                                John Dashwood---- Fanny

(Unwelcomed guests)                                              Norland            Son (Harry)

·      Old Mr. Dashwood leaves the estate to John Dashwood and his wife and only gives the three daughters 1000 pounds each

·      Fanny has two brothers: Edward Ferrars and a younger brother

·      Fanny tries to convince John Dashwood not to pay the three sisters- goes all the way to having the sisters pay them instead of John taking care of the sisters

·      First three chapters set up how ridiculous it can get with the will

·      Austen- setting up complex problems to show how greedy and rich the people can get- she wants the reader to confuse the names