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Austen's Northanger Abbey (complete) (how is she a hero? (crying and…
Austen's
Northanger Abbey
(complete)
Where is the "horror" of this text? Maybe it's more satire than horror? Parody--take the tropes of a thing, then exaggerate?
asks us to reflect on the politics and importance of horror tropes (esp w/ women, education, pleasure, etc)
narrative and plotting: slow burns, rapid endings, but also fake-out? why disappoint the reader?: "not even an antique chimney" (end of chapter 20)
the rapid introduction of "the gentleman" and Elanor who is not Your Ladyship (chp 31)
"sad miserable housekeeper" but "nothing like practice" (begining of chp 31)
"I leave it to be settled" leaves it to the readers.
the compression of time into one long sentence or two ; makes it feel rushed/hyper standard
the compression undercuts the relationship, even though "her heroine" and the marriage drive was the center of the novel
mirrors how Gothic fictions render hetero marriage unsatisfying conclusions
General Tilney either murdered his wife? "your father, not very fond of her" inquiring about the mother's illness (cp 24). Also maybe he's keeping her alive somewhere in the abbey feeding her one meal a day ("the probability that Mrs. Tilney yet lived [...] which necessarily followed" (187). shows us how not bright Catherine is
no thought about consequences
how is she a hero?
comments on the tropes of Gothic heroines (certainly ladies in fiction act like this"
is the end goal always marriage?
crying and shame: "if I understand you rightly [...] consider the dreadful nature of the suspicions you have entertained?" (chp 24, pg 195-6); draws on religion and class to justify; not "barbarous"
"It was not only with herself that she was sunk--but with Henry" (chp 25) ruins romance plot/heteronormative drive
thinking of children/education. Twisted path of maturity (a bunch of embarassment and shame in front of her crush); grow up and get out of the FANTASY of Gothic fiction
"I bring back my heroine to her home in solitude and disgrace" (chp 29)--Austen commenting on how her heroine is diff from Gothic stereotypes; also about how narrative and gender are "supposed" to work
The packaging of the novel
follows an artless ingenue to a young woman who can see the world for what it really is?
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