V6 - P3 - Week 4 - Lesson 1 - Romantic Period part 2

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V6 - P3 - Week 4 - Lesson 2

Lesson goals

You will:

- have learned more about the Romantic period

- have learned about literature from the Romantic period

Today's Lesson

Literary History: Romantic Period

Jane Austen

Romantic Period

What do you know about:
Jane Austen

Jane Austen

1775-1817

First modern novelist

English upper middle class

Wrote about: English upper middle class families, manners,

social behaviour.

Wrote in a cool and ironic way

Her novels have more neoclassical characteristics.

Task 7a:
Rewrite the opening quote in your own words

Task 7c:
Where do you find irony and humour?

Task 7b:
Find out online about the position of
unmarried women in those days:
What choices did they have?

Lesson goals

You:

- have learned more about the Romantic period

- have learned about literature from the Romantic period