Austen fan fiction books
Has anyone else gotten their hands on any of the unbelievable proliferation of Austen fan fic? I picked up several at the Printers' Row Lit Fest in Chicago and read my first one recently. It was Mrs Darcy's Dilemma: A sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Diana Birchall.
Here's the review I posted on Visual Bookshelf (very cool Facebook app): I really liked this fan-fic Austen sequel. She captured the voices of the characters well, the plot was Austen-like enough, and the settings were all well drawn. My only quibble was that several turns of phrase that showed up in this book and even plot elements felt copied from the recent Austen films (like Mansfield Park with Frances O'Connor, for example).
Do you think there's any place in Brit Lit curricula for these kinds of things? Or would this kind of writing fit best as examples for writing exercises (learning how to imitate voice, tone, characterization... something like that)?
Here's the review I posted on Visual Bookshelf (very cool Facebook app): I really liked this fan-fic Austen sequel. She captured the voices of the characters well, the plot was Austen-like enough, and the settings were all well drawn. My only quibble was that several turns of phrase that showed up in this book and even plot elements felt copied from the recent Austen films (like Mansfield Park with Frances O'Connor, for example).
Do you think there's any place in Brit Lit curricula for these kinds of things? Or would this kind of writing fit best as examples for writing exercises (learning how to imitate voice, tone, characterization... something like that)?
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Permalink Reply by Kelly Farrow on
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I know!! I so want to read that!!!! Cracks me up big-time!
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