Agree and Disagree with DW Harding about Austen

How do I convince my family I love Darcy?

1. On Rubric cover sheet, write your own evaluation of how your essay is strong, what was your best point, and what would you like the first reader to pay particular attention to. Turn this in with your rough draft.
2. Read DW Harding (p.43-44 of red spiral-bound college reader) and be ready in class on Tue/Wed. (and in your blog due Wed.) to agree with one point he makes and disagree with another. (Purpose: to simulate college reading, understanding, and responding.)
3. Finish reading Austen (if you haven't) in preparation for Thursday's exam (multiple choice plus one short answer).
4. In-class journal: Rank 3 scenes for humor and Liz's discomfort: convincing Jane she loves Darcy (251), convincing Mr. Bennet (254), and convincing Mrs. Bennet (255). Give your reasons and explain how the scenes are similar but also different.
5. Read, Write, Think, and Discuss every day in class.

DW Harding.
1. What arguments can you summarize?
2. Which do you agree with and why?
3. Which do you disagree with (or want to qualify) and why?
Do you agree with these statements?
-'detests and fears'
-'laugh at faults they tolerated in themselves'
-'bringing the caricatures into direct contact with the real people'
-Collins is Liz's 'comic monster'

Reading and Responding to D.W. Harding: “Regulated Hatred”

Objective:

1. Practice reading dense, college-type prose,

2. Extract main points of difficult articles,

3. Take a stand: agree with one point, qualify or disagree with another,

4. Ask questions of the text,

5. Come to class prepared to speak out, ask questions, participate, and read passages aloud from both texts to further the classroom conversation or support a point,

6. Write a (blog) paragraph responding to Harding in interesting ways (agree and disagree with Harding)

7. (optional) Comment on others’ blog posts about Harding,

8. In class, simulate a college seminar in which you are obligated to participate intelligently.

  Questions to Prepare:

1.      What are Harding’s main point(s)? How does he set them up?

2.      How does he organize his ideas (paragraph by paragraph)?

3.      What specific idea can you agree with Harding on? Would you modify or qualify what you agree with? What specific idea do you disagree with?

4.      What questions do you have or could your raise for others to discuss?

5.      What will you speak up about in class? How can you further the discussion by listening carefully and commenting?

6. What larger question about Austen can you raise? What passages from Harding and/or Austen can you read aloud to help the conversation?

You have now practiced participating in a college discussion section. Repeat often!

pages to note in Pride and Prejudice

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BE ABLE TO FIND EXAMPLES OF AND EXPLAIN THESE CONCEPTS:

·         How to decode satire (1st sentence)

·         Show vs. tell (Mr and Mrs Bennet dialogue, then narrator confirms what we infered)

·         Foils: 'a contrasting character who allows the protagonist to stand out more distinctly' (Jago 1489)

·         Omniscient narrator (see third-person omniscient point of view p.1498)

·         Narrator’s tone (and bias)

·         Studier of Character

·         Gossip

·         Repartee

·         Collins’ style

·         First impressions of Darcy vs. Wickham

·         Liz insulting Darcy

·         Liz embarrassed by her mom, Sir Lucas, Collins

·         Teasing as fathering

REVIEW (and know) THESE PASSAGES in Pride and Prejudice:

page numbers

1  opening sentence: what words make it satirical?

2-3 Explain show vs. tell

7 What is the key (“tolerable”) insult and the gossip that follows?

9 Jane vs. Liz: How does Austen effectively use foils?

10 Darcy vs. Bingley: How does Austen use foils? Which is most effective?

11 Lady Lucas was “not too clever.” Whose does the narrator’s tone match?

13-14  Is Charlotte’s advice sound?

15 “being impertinent myself, I shall soon grow afraid of him.” Liz’s motive?

16 “Every savage” How does Darcy deliver insults? Does Sir Lucas understand?

17-18, 40  Omniscient narrator inside Darcy’s head. “Charming mother-in-law.”

19 Mr. Bennet’s tone “only point on which we do not agree.”

20-21 “Can I have the carriage?” “No, it seems likely to rain.”

23 ff Gossip: “wild” “decorum” “attorney”

28-29 Hobby: “studier of character”

30 embarrassed by your mom

32-35 drawing room repartee: Liz vs. Darcy

37 Caroline Bingley sycophant

39 Darcy’s temper

42-43 Analyze the style of Collins’ letter

46; 48 Collins’ talent for flattery; switches from Jane to Liz

49ff Wickham’s appearance

53-57 Liz gossiping with Wickham about Darcy

62-63 Liz dancing with Darcy, insults Darcy while dancing.

67 Collins patronizes Liz, refuses her advice about approaching Darcy

69, 70-1 Embarrassed by her family! Mrs. Bennet exposes herself and embarrasses her daughter.

72-75 Collins’ proposal: funny or scary?

            COLLINS’ PROPOSAL

            Q: How are women shown as disempowered in these scenes? 

                 How is the scene both comic and telling? How does Liz feel?

72ff Collins proposes, Liz refuses, but is not believed

76-7 Mom’s reaction

77 Mr. Bennet referees the marriage proposal

79 Collins withdraws his offer

82 Liz and Jane decoding Caroline’s letter differently

90 Mr. Bennet “reassures” Mrs. Bennet about the entail

94-5 Mr Bennet is too sarcastic with Liz (foreshadows?)

            CHARLOTTE’S MARRIAGE

85 Charlotte’s marriage

87

93 Discussing it with Jane

100 The wedding

            WICKHAM AND MISS KING

98-9 Mrs. Gardiner warns Liz about Wickham

103, 105 Liz’s reactions to Miss King and Wickham

Pride and Prejudice Pages to Know Well

            WICKHAM AND MISS KING

98-9 Mrs. Gardiner warns Liz about Wickham

103, 105 Liz’s reactions to Miss King and Wickham

            ROSINGS with Darcy and Charlotte

109 Collins

113 Lady Catherine: Liz talks back

119 Darcy and Liz sparring

125-6 Col. Fitzwilliam: second sons can’t marry poor

            DARCY’S PROPOSAL and the AFTERMATH

129-31 Darcy’s proposal

134 Darcy’s letter of explanation

139 Liz re-reading (and re-evaluating) Darcy’s letter

141 Till this moment I never knew myself

144 Bad Dad

148 uglier hats

152 Liz’s confession

            LYDIA TO BRIGHTON?

155 lamentations resounding

156 Dad says no to Liz, yes to Lydia

159-60 Bad Dad

            AT PEMBERLEY

163 Pemberley

168 Darcy appears! How embarrassing!

174 Georgiana Darcy

180-1 Caroline Bingley gossips about Liz

            BENNET FAMILY CRISIS ABOUT LYDIA

182 Jane’s letter is a crisis

185 How Darcy reacts to Liz’s crisis.

189 Bad Dad

192 Wedding Clothes? At a time like this?

197 What does it mean to “ruin”?

199 Collin’s ‘reassurances’ are really gloating

200 Dad blames himself (for a moment)

208 Do they ever refer to sex?

            LYDIA TIES THE KNOT

212 Lydia brags about getting married

214 Lydia reveals the secret of who was at her wedding (can you guess?)

216 Bad Dad

220 Liz tortures Wickham
237ff Lady Catherine de Bourgh interrogates Liz
246 another proposal?
251 convincing Jane
254 convincing dad
255 convincing mom
Ending: Liz has her cake.