Wuthering Heights呼嘯山莊

1、Emily BrontJoyceBorn: July 30th, 1818 Thornton , West Yorkshire, EnglandDied: December 19th, 1848 Haworth, Yorkshire, EnglandPen name: Ellis BellOccupation: poet, novelist, governessEthnicity: whiteLiterary movement: romanticismNotable work: Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights is Emily Bronts only no

2、vel. First published in 1847,the name comes from the house which is one of the three main settings in the book. A posthumous(死后出版的死后出版的) second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte.The novel was not welcomed at that time but was spoken highly of now. Some people agreed that Wuthering Heightss

3、originality and achievement exceeded (超超越越) her sisters (Charlottes and Annes) works.Master of Wuthering Heights, Mr. Earnshaw, brought back an unidentified child and named him Heathcliff. He won the Mr. Earnshaws love of the little master Hindley and his sister Catherines . When Mr. Earnshaw died,

4、Hindley abuses Heathcliff and treats h i m a s a s e r v a n t , b u t Catherine kept close with him and they fell in love with each other. Because of her desire for social prominence(聲望聲望), Catherine marries Edgar Linton instead of Heathcliff. Heathcliff got away from home in anger, when he returne

5、d home after three years, he is in prosperity. Heathcliff was crazy about t h e r e v e n g e . H e t o o k Hindleys property through the g a m b l i n g , a n d t r e a t e d Hindleys son Hareton as a slave. He also deliberately married with Edgars sister Isabella persecuting her. Catherine died in

6、 dystocia(難產(chǎn)）難產(chǎn)） with heart broken . A few years later, Heathcliff married Edgars daughter, little Catherine ,to his dying son, Linton. Edgar and Linton are dead , Heathcliff eventually occupied the property of Edgar family. He revenge successfully, but he can not survived from dead Catherines love

7、and eventually died resulting in unrequited love. Little Catherine and Hareton inherited the small Villas industry, then they two eventually fell in love with each other, and moved to Thrushcross Grange.1.Heathcliffwild, natural power 2.The moorwild threat posed by nature. (As the setting for the be

8、ginnings of Catherine and Heathcliffs bond, the moorland transfers associations onto the love affair. )3.Featherfreedom in physical and mental. 4.Ghosthuman soul without dependence 5. Wuthering Heightswild, uncivilized (As an adjective, Wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather)Th

9、e Destructiveness of a Love that Never ChangesThe Precariousness（不穩(wěn)固）（不穩(wěn)固） of Social ClassThe Conflict between Human Nature and Culture1.Her novel is unique in its structure and vision. a.Its a frame story told in mutiple narrators. b.Its a combination of realism and gothic symbolism. 2. She express

10、es the feelings of the hero in terms of spiritual suppress, tension and conflicts and the result to which such a feeling would lead.3.In her novel, there is the combination of extremely simple, austere (簡(jiǎn)樸的簡(jiǎn)樸的) and an adorned (修飾的修飾的) language with the most mighty and intensified effects (強(qiáng)大而有力的作用強(qiáng)大

11、而有力的作用).1.WutheringHeightsis a story ofalmost morbid love as well as a powerful attack on the bourgeois marriage system and social prejudice. 2.The scenes in the novel are quite dramatic and the story is most exciting just like a Gothic novel. 3.Its a cryofdespairing agony wrung(迫迫使說(shuō)出使說(shuō)出) from Emily

12、 by life itself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.如果你還在這個(gè)世界存在如果你還在這個(gè)世界存在著，那么著，那么這個(gè)世界這個(gè)世界無(wú)論無(wú)論什么樣，對(duì)什么樣，對(duì)我都是有意義我都是有意義的，如果的，如果你不你不在在了了,無(wú)論無(wú)論這個(gè)世界多么這個(gè)世界多么美好，它美好，它在我眼里也在我眼里也只是一片荒漠。只是一片荒漠。I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could