I loved your comparison of Jane Austen’s novel to Gossip Girl! It gave me a great premise for your themes of social climbing and the satirizing of the social elite. This comparison that you made was extremely strong because of the overlapping themes, and the connection to something that I was already familiar with helped me to understand more and be more engaged. I also noticed a comparison to your author’s use of satire with my author’s use of satire. Both Austen and Spark used a witty form of satire in order to comment on the flaws of a society in which they lived. The difference was that Austen’s society was the social elite, whereas Spark’s was the literary scene. Both authors, however, used irony and hypocrisy to create this irony. Your poems also related well to your topic of the role of women within this society of the social elite. I liked the juxtaposition of the two contrasting views of what the role of women should be that your two poems created in combination. Overall, I think you did an amazing job creating an informative presentation that will help us with the AP test and beyond. I especially liked your tip at the end to analyze the background and society that the author grew up in or was a part of in order to better understand what the purpose might be. This is something I also learned when study Muriel Spark.
You did a good job of highlighting the satire of high class society throughout your presentation, starting off with your introduction video clip from Gossip Girl. The reference was considerate of something the class would identify with while having a strong meaning and connection behind it, reflecting a society similar to the one that Austen portrays through satire. Satire has been a recurring tool that I have noticed throughout presentations leading me to believe that this tool has a definite chance of being present on the AP exam. When you were explaining satire in your novel I began to notice a relationship between the satire that you were discussing and use of the character’s perspective and actions as a way to help create the satire and reveal Austen’s view on upper class society and relationships. Did you find the portrayal of Emma in the novel a primary way to create satire to show hypocrisy and possibly see a connection between voice and qualities of the individual and ability to create a satirical statement about people? While reading my own novels, I observed how my author Jeanette Winterson consistently used a first person narration to show the attitude and journey of the characters to help manipulate the audience toward her view on love as an author. It was interesting to see in your presentation how Austen is also able to create reflection in her audience about society too but while using a third person narration that reveals the character’s judgments. Are there times in the novel that keeping this third person perspective is particularly effective in the overall satire and meaning of Emma? I think that because your presentation focused on commonly recurring elements in literature like satire and societal mannerisms, this novel could aid in future literary analysis as well as sections like the open prompt on the AP Exam.
First of all, being the HUGE Gossip Girl fan that I am…I LOVED the opening. Not only did it make me urn for the show to come back on TV, but it also was actually very relevant for your presentation, which only made it that much better! I thought your research topic in general was an interesting and fun one to study; exploring the complexity of social climbing and societal pressures is a challenge, but your analysis was clear and easy to follow which I think was wonderful. Also the analysis of satire in Emma was very well-done. The use of satire in a novel can mean many things, but I think you really hit the nail on the head with what Jane Austin was trying to say with the use of that satire in her novel. I also like that you made a slide for each theme found in the novel: hypocrisy, judgment, expectations, and manipulation. I found it easier to gain a deeper understanding of your thesis through these slides, considering that each one of them went deeper and had textual evidence. Looking through your PowerPoint again made me think about how not really that much has changed in society over all these years. People will still be manipulative to get what they want. I think the only thing that has really changed is what people are fighting to get. Overall, great job Nicole!
First off, fabulous job on your presentation, without using notes or even the podium to hide behind, you were very poised and comfortable and that will do you very well in college and the professional world! I was very intrigued by the idea that Austen used soft wit and subtle satire to expose and yet, not expose her writing to the real world. I was confused why she was writing about the fakeness of the society around her when she too, was scared to share and put her name with her work. Doesn’t that make her somewhat of a socialite-loving woman like the others? I always wonder why authors have underlying meanings to their work, why can’t they just say what they are thinking instead of beating around the bush? Secondly I would like to commend your analysis of how the language creates the meaning. Austen was meaning to expose the fakeness of the world around her, and with the use of satire, she is able to do so. This is similar to how proverbs and parables are used to convey a similar meaning to the audience. We talked about proverbs at the beginning of the Tri and I think it’s interesting how I can see this now through your authors use of satire as a form of exposure. Well done!
I loved your comparison of Jane Austen’s novel to Gossip Girl! It gave me a great premise for your themes of social climbing and the satirizing of the social elite. This comparison that you made was extremely strong because of the overlapping themes, and the connection to something that I was already familiar with helped me to understand more and be more engaged.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed a comparison to your author’s use of satire with my author’s use of satire. Both Austen and Spark used a witty form of satire in order to comment on the flaws of a society in which they lived. The difference was that Austen’s society was the social elite, whereas Spark’s was the literary scene. Both authors, however, used irony and hypocrisy to create this irony.
Your poems also related well to your topic of the role of women within this society of the social elite. I liked the juxtaposition of the two contrasting views of what the role of women should be that your two poems created in combination.
Overall, I think you did an amazing job creating an informative presentation that will help us with the AP test and beyond. I especially liked your tip at the end to analyze the background and society that the author grew up in or was a part of in order to better understand what the purpose might be. This is something I also learned when study Muriel Spark.
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ReplyDeleteYou did a good job of highlighting the satire of high class society throughout your presentation, starting off with your introduction video clip from Gossip Girl. The reference was considerate of something the class would identify with while having a strong meaning and connection behind it, reflecting a society similar to the one that Austen portrays through satire. Satire has been a recurring tool that I have noticed throughout presentations leading me to believe that this tool has a definite chance of being present on the AP exam. When you were explaining satire in your novel I began to notice a relationship between the satire that you were discussing and use of the character’s perspective and actions as a way to help create the satire and reveal Austen’s view on upper class society and relationships. Did you find the portrayal of Emma in the novel a primary way to create satire to show hypocrisy and possibly see a connection between voice and qualities of the individual and ability to create a satirical statement about people?
ReplyDeleteWhile reading my own novels, I observed how my author Jeanette Winterson consistently used a first person narration to show the attitude and journey of the characters to help manipulate the audience toward her view on love as an author. It was interesting to see in your presentation how Austen is also able to create reflection in her audience about society too but while using a third person narration that reveals the character’s judgments. Are there times in the novel that keeping this third person perspective is particularly effective in the overall satire and meaning of Emma? I think that because your presentation focused on commonly recurring elements in literature like satire and societal mannerisms, this novel could aid in future literary analysis as well as sections like the open prompt on the AP Exam.
First of all, being the HUGE Gossip Girl fan that I am…I LOVED the opening. Not only did it make me urn for the show to come back on TV, but it also was actually very relevant for your presentation, which only made it that much better! I thought your research topic in general was an interesting and fun one to study; exploring the complexity of social climbing and societal pressures is a challenge, but your analysis was clear and easy to follow which I think was wonderful. Also the analysis of satire in Emma was very well-done. The use of satire in a novel can mean many things, but I think you really hit the nail on the head with what Jane Austin was trying to say with the use of that satire in her novel. I also like that you made a slide for each theme found in the novel: hypocrisy, judgment, expectations, and manipulation. I found it easier to gain a deeper understanding of your thesis through these slides, considering that each one of them went deeper and had textual evidence. Looking through your PowerPoint again made me think about how not really that much has changed in society over all these years. People will still be manipulative to get what they want. I think the only thing that has really changed is what people are fighting to get. Overall, great job Nicole!
ReplyDeleteFirst off, fabulous job on your presentation, without using notes or even the podium to hide behind, you were very poised and comfortable and that will do you very well in college and the professional world! I was very intrigued by the idea that Austen used soft wit and subtle satire to expose and yet, not expose her writing to the real world. I was confused why she was writing about the fakeness of the society around her when she too, was scared to share and put her name with her work. Doesn’t that make her somewhat of a socialite-loving woman like the others? I always wonder why authors have underlying meanings to their work, why can’t they just say what they are thinking instead of beating around the bush?
ReplyDeleteSecondly I would like to commend your analysis of how the language creates the meaning. Austen was meaning to expose the fakeness of the world around her, and with the use of satire, she is able to do so. This is similar to how proverbs and parables are used to convey a similar meaning to the audience. We talked about proverbs at the beginning of the Tri and I think it’s interesting how I can see this now through your authors use of satire as a form of exposure. Well done!