Full Colour: Pride and Prejudice is the 2005 feature
film version of Jane Austens’ novel. It will appeal to middle and senior
secondary students in English, Literature and Media Studies. This version of the
book is directed by Joe Wright and stars Keira Knightely, Mathew MacFadyen, Judi
Dench and other respected actors.
The story is about five sisters –
Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia Bennet – in Georgian England. Their lives
are turned upside down when a wealthy young man (Mr Bingley) and his best friend
(Mr Darcy) arrive in their neighbourhood. In Pride and Prejudice Jane
Austen portrayed class-conscious England at the close of the eighteenth century,
offering an acute study of a particular social group. She had read the gothic
literature of her time, and went on to satirize it in Northanger Abbey, but in Pride and Prejudice she chose to write about what she knew: middle-class
provincial society.
Students who are reading Jane Austen’s Pride and
Prejudice will be able to compare the novel to the film, and then evaluate
the film’s adaptation of the novel. If students are not studying the novel,
teachers may use excerpts from the novel as a basis for the activities in the
study guide.
The study guide has many detailed discussion points and
activities for both middle secondary and senior. It aims to teach students to
analyse, interpret and evaluate the view and values of the film and book in
terms of the ideas, social conventions and beliefs that they appear to endorse,
challenge or leave unquestioned. It also provides opportunities for students to
analyse how the film represents and interprets the book. Students are challenged
to reflect upon the way meaning changes when the form of a text is changed.
Curriculum Links:
Pride and Prejudice is an excellent
curriculum resource for secondary students studying:
• English
•
Literature
• Media Studies
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