Based on the conversations we have had and our preliminary investigation into the databases available, I am most interested in the Orlando and Reading Experience Databases. We can use these to see how Austen\u2019s writing was received during different time periods, and how someone living in Austen\u2019s era would have interpreted the work. These sources offer us many different perspectives on the work, from people of both genders, varying time periods, classes, education levels, and socioeconomic statuses. They are the most interesting sources to me by far because I want to delve deeper into interpersonal and societal views held by individuals in Jane Austen\u2019s era, especially women. The Orlando database will be especially helpful in furthering that exploration.
\nAs of yet, the topics most interesting to me remain the idea of the novel and its role (among varying time periods, genders, and socioeconomic statuses) both in Austen\u2019s time and in contemporary society. Primary sources from Orlando and The Reading Experience will help me to draw directly from the minds of people reading novels throughout time.\u00a0\u00a0I am interested to see what we can learn about ideas of gender and class from studying the reception and role of the novel. I am also still interested in the idea of \u201cjudgement\u201d and how Austen may have used varying character perspectives (free indirect discourse) to further a point about differences between classes and genders, or other social\/political commentary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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