By Alicia Ortiz Alba
Today’s creative piece is brought to you by Alison Henderson! Below you can find Ali’s statement for her English thesis called “Employing Character: Jane Austen and the Reading Woman” We hope you enjoy it!
Employing Character: Jane Austen and the Reading Woman
Characters do a lot in novels; in Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey characters serve to voice and embody ideas about the importance of reading diverse literary genres. Her innovative use of character helps the reader understand the value of women’s reading in many different genres for their own moral development.