呼嘯山莊 英文 小說分析（課堂PPT）

1、1Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bront2CONTENT Background Introduction of Emily Bront Plot Analysis of the main characters Theme Analysis of the complexity of plot3Historical Background lThe Victorian Age is the Critical Realism in England from 1832 to 1901.lThe early years: a time of rapid economic devel

2、opment as well as serious social problems.lThe mid-Victorian period: a period of economic prosperity with a revival of trade and production and social peace.lThe last three decades of the century witnessed the decline of British Empire and the decay of Victorian values.4Emily BrontlEmily Bront (1818

3、-1848), novelist and poet, is one of the most famous representatives of the 19th century in English literature. lBorn in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1818.lThe Bront sisters: Charlotte Bront, Emily Bront, Anne Bront.lNever received formal education;lIn 1847, Wuthering Heights, one of the great works of fi

4、ction in the English language, was published.56Mr. LintonMr. EarnshawIsabellaEdgarCatherine Heathcliff HindleyLittle Catherine(Cathy)Little LintonHareton7PlotlThe story of Wuthering Heights is concerned with two families and an intruding stranger, and is a morbid love story between Catherine and Hea

5、thcliff.8Analysis of the main characters9Heathcliff：self-abased,selfish, jealous, sensitive, cruel, brutal, immortal love to Catherine10Catherine: warm-hearted,tender, inartificial, immortal love to Heathcliff11Linton: gentle,coward,timid, immortallove to Catherine 12ThemeFrom the social point of vi

6、ew，Heathcliff is a rebel against the bourgeois matrimonial system- a full human life in a capitalist society was impossible of attainment.As a love story， this is one of the most moving： the passion between Heathcliff and Catherine proves the most intense， the most beautiful .13Analysis of the complexity of plotHeathcliffs intense love for Catherine and relentless revenge on his enemyHeathcliffs conflict with Hindley and the LintonsConflict between the privileged and the