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dc.contributor.authorKhan, Tabinda
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-16 16:09:31 (GMT)
dc.date.available2019-09-16 16:09:31 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2019-09-16
dc.date.submitted2019-08-28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/15048
dc.description.abstractThis thesis argues that Lost in Austen, as a fantasy adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, reveals the feminist and empowering elements of Jane Austen's novels. This four-part TV series uses the element of time travel to juxtapose the Georgian Era with the twenty-first century and illuminates the various weaknesses and drawbacks of both time periods. It substitutes Elizabeth Bennet’s character with a contemporary woman named Amanda Price—who imagines Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as a romantic escape from her everyday difficulties, such as her mundane job as a back clerk and her unsatisfying relationship with her unfaithful boyfriend. This thesis illustrates that the marriage plots in Austen’s novels are not merely conventional but directly address the necessity of marriage as women in that era have no other options for earning their incomes and economic survival. Austen provides her heroines sensitive partners which not only give them emotional satisfaction but economic stability. Amanda’s key issue as a contemporary woman is her inability to oppose her boyfriend’s insensitive behavior and confront his past infidelity. As an active participant in Pride and Prejudice, Amanda regains the assertiveness and strength in her personality, as she attempts to keep the novel’s plot on track and save various characters from unfortunate circumstances. Lost in Austen presents a critique of the post-feminist culture where women still experience social and cultural inequalities, while possessing legal and economic freedom. The series also makes an important comment on recent adaptations of Pride and Prejudice that have linked Austen’s novel to the Chick Lit genre since Lost in Austen ultimately reaffirms the power and value of Austen’s depiction of personal growth and female empowerment in her novels.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectJane Austen and Pride and Prejudiceen
dc.subjectJane Austen and Pride and Prejudice and Screen Adaptationen
dc.subjectJane Austen and screen adaptationen
dc.subjectJane Austen and film adaptationen
dc.subjectJane Austen and television seriesen
dc.subjectJane Austen and tv seriesen
dc.subjectPride and Prejudice and Lost in Austenen
dc.subjectJane Austenen
dc.subjectPride and Prejudiceen
dc.subjectLost in Austen and adaptationen
dc.subjectLost in Austen and Pride and Prejudiceen
dc.subjectLost in Austen and fantasy adaptationen
dc.subjectLost in Austen and time travelen
dc.subjectLost in Austen and Chick Liten
dc.subjectLost in Austenen
dc.subjectLost in Austen and contemporary cultureen
dc.subjectLost in Austen and contemporary gender rolesen
dc.subjectLost in Austen and screen adaptationen
dc.subjectJane Austen and Chick Lit genreen
dc.subjectJane Austen and eighteenth century cultureen
dc.subjectJane Austen and eighteenth century gender codesen
dc.subjectJane Austen and late eighteenth century and early nineteenth centuryen
dc.subjectJane Austen and female empowermenten
dc.subjectJane Austen and economic survivalen
dc.subjectJane Austen and personal growthen
dc.subjectJane Austen and marriageen
dc.subjectJane Austen and marriage plotsen
dc.subjectJane Austen and contemporary cultureen
dc.subjectJane Austen and Pride and Prejudice and Lost in Austenen
dc.subjectJane Austen and feminismen
dc.subjectJane Austen and Postfeminismen
dc.subjectJane Austen and Lost in Austen and postfeminismen
dc.subjectLost in Austen and postfeminism and Chick Liten
dc.subjectLost in Austen and Postfeminism and Chick Lit genreen
dc.titleInterpreting Jane Austen for a Contemporary Audience: Lost in Austen's Reworking of Pride and Prejudiceen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalse
uws-etd.degree.departmentEnglish Language and Literatureen
uws-etd.degree.disciplineEnglish (Literary Studies)en
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws.contributor.advisorEaston, Fraser
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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