One True Pairing (“OTP”): The Courtship Plot from Jane Austen to Jane the Virgin

What’s love got to do with it? This course examines how the courtship plot, from meet-cute to marriage, shapes our understanding, not only of romance and seduction, but also of gender, race, social class, sexual orientation, empire, and literary genre. Texts include fiction by Jane Austen, Nella Larsen, Jenny Han, and Henry James, alongside Clueless, Moonlight , and Jane the Virgin . Enrollment limited to 17.