The Architecture of Space-Time in the Novels of Jane Austen

ISBN-13: 9783319900100 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 180 str.

Ruta Baublyte Kaufmann

Opis

This book argues that there are recurrent spatiotemporal patterns and structures in six Jane Austen novels which constitute a source of enduring, if unconscious, pleasure.

Spis treści

1. Introduction.- 2. Changing seasons: the cyclical and the linear.- 3. Changing homes: transformations in space and time.- 4. Spatiotemporal movements and psychological change: walking and dancing.- 5. Conclusion.

O autorze

Ruta Baublyté Kaufmann was born in Lithuania. After a short career in contemporary dance and choreography, she studied Lithuanian, French and English literature in Universities of Vilnius, Lithuania, and Neuchatel, Switzerland. She completed her PhD in English literature from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, in 2017. She now teaches EFL in Switzerland and continues her research.