Jane Austen PERSUASION | How are the Musgroves introduced? What is prosopopoeic ekphrasis?

How are we introduced to the Musgroves in Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion (1818)? Anne Elliot and Mary Musgrove walk over to the Great House in Uppercross to visit the Musgroves, where the reader meets the characters. But before we meet the Musgroves in person, we are told how their portrait paintings react to the ‘alteration’ and ‘improvement’ of the modern generation. In this lecture, I argue that Jane Austen uses prosopopoeic ekphrasis to introduce us to the Musgrove family. In this video, I: o Analyse the passage from Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1818): “Oh! could the originals of the portraits against the wainscot, could the gentlemen in brown velvet and the ladies in blue satin have seen what was going on, have been conscious of such an overthrow of all order and neatness! The portraits themselves seemed to be staring in astonishment. The Musgroves, like their houses, were in a state of alteration, perhaps of improvement” (Persuasion ch.5) o Define ekphrasis and prosopopoeia o Explain ekphrasis using an example from Charlotte Brontë’s novel Villette (1853) o Analyse what I think Jane Austen is doing, and why, in the prosopopoeic ekphrastic passage from Persuasion. JANE AUSTEN PERSUASION MUSGROVES PROSOPOPOEIA EKPHRASIS If you’d like to support the channel, you can here https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=D8LSKGJP2NL4N CLOSE READING CLASSIC LITERATURE #DrOctaviaCox #JaneAusten #CloseReadingClassicLiterature FOR MORE LITERARY ANALYSIS see my ‘Close Reading Classic Literature’ playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtaJuZ0gvqXU6Pta3cwOxpXMHp9AqxcF1 KEYWORDS austen english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis english literature analysis jane austen persuasion lecture define prosopopoeia define ekphrasis musgrove family what is prosopopoeia what is ekphrasis the musgroves persuasion literary analysis jane austen prosopopoeia analysis ekphrasis prose jane austen persuasion novel analysis