Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte a book of love and hatred,terror and violence
Wuthering Heights a book of love and hatred, terror and violence Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte (1818-1848) Emily Bronte is known for her unsociability and extremely shy nature. Therefore,she remains a mysterious figure and a challenge to biographers because there are little information about her. "My sister's disposition was not naturally gregarious;circumstances favored and fostered her tendency to seclusion...Though her feeling for the people round was benevolent,intercourse with them she never sought;nor,with very few exceptions,ever experienced.And yet she knew them...she could hear of them with interest,and talk Anne,Emily and Charlotte Bronte of them with detail,minute,graphic,and accurate;but WITH them, she rarely exchanged a word."(Charlotte Bronte)
Emily Bronte （1818-1848） Anne, Emily and Charlotte Bronte • Emily Bronte is known for her unsociability and extremely shy nature. Therefore, she remains a mysterious figure and a challenge to biographers because there are little information about her. • “My sister's disposition was not naturally gregarious; circumstances favored and fostered her tendency to seclusion… Though her feeling for the people round was benevolent, intercourse with them she never sought; nor, with very few exceptions, ever experienced. And yet she knew them… she could hear of them with interest, and talk of them with detail, minute, graphic, and accurate; but WITH them, she rarely exchanged a word.” (Charlotte Bronte)
Emily Bronte How did such a shy,reclusive person write a novel full of passion and power? The fictional world was the product of fertile imagination fed by reading,discussion,and a passion for literature. Her quiet personality allowed her to ponder on the thoughts and formed very incisive understanding of love. ■ ■
Emily Bronte How did such a shy, reclusive person write a novel full of passion and power? • The fictional world was the product of fertile imagination fed by reading, discussion, and a passion for literature. • Her quiet personality allowed her to ponder on the thoughts and formed very incisive understanding of love
What makes the novel unique is its extraordinary fusion of realism and fantasy,imaginative extravagance and the everyday world. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte It is the uneven,heterogeneous nature of her fiction which catches the eye,the way it mixes Gothic,romance,fairy tale,picaresque,ghost story,melodrama and social realism. The novel contains a degree of emotional force and sophisticated narrative structure not seen previously in the history of the English novel
• What makes the novel unique is its extraordinary fusion of realism and fantasy, imaginative extravagance and the everyday world. • It is the uneven, heterogeneous nature of her fiction which catches the eye, the way it mixes Gothic, romance, fairy tale, picaresque, ghost story, melodrama and social realism. • The novel contains a degree of emotional force and sophisticated narrative structure not seen previously in the history of the English novel
1.Narrative features In Wuthering Heights Introduction Narrative Perspectives Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte's Two major perspectives mini narratives: only novel.Written between ·Mr.Lockwood October 1845 and June 1846 Nelly Dean the housekeeper Narrative Features No authoritative narrator A series of narratorial frames both reinforce and undercut one another unreliable Narrative Time The time of the story spans 31 years.The author arranges the starting point near the end of the 1801 winter,making the story happen in flashback and sequence
Introduction Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846 Narrative Perspectives Narrative Features Narrative Time Two major perspectives + mini narratives: • Mr. Lockwood • Nelly Dean the housekeeper • No authoritative narrator • A series of narratorial frames both reinforce and undercut one another • unreliable The time of the story spans 31 years. The author arranges the starting point near the end of the 1801 winter, making the story happen in flashback and sequence. 1. Narrative features In Wuthering Heights