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TheApplicationofGothicArtinWutheringHeights
哥特式艺术手法在《呼啸山庄》中的应用
姓名:
李晋英
班级:
1309
学号:
2013030927
指导老师:
王金巴
完成时间:
2016/6/19
TheApplicationofGothicArtinWutheringHeights
Abstract:
An mysterious poet and novelist, her only powerful novel Wuthering Heights not only creates a harrowing tale of passion and tragedy with happy ending, but also shows a full picture of Victorian Age,isEmilyBronteInthisromanticnovel,EmilynotonlycreatesGothicatmosphere,butalsoexploressomemajorthemesofloveandpassion,revenge,natureandculture,religion.AndPointsoutthatEmilyBronteinthetheme,characters,environment,imageandplotstructure,etc,areborrowedtheGothictradition.TheyareviolatingVictorianvaluesandtastes.Actually,WutheringHeightsisnomorethananautobiographyofEmilyherself.Throughit,Emily'sgloomypsyche,mysteriouslifeandVictoriansocialcriticismarebetterexpressed.
KeyWords:
EmilyBronte;Gothic;WutheringHeights
哥特式艺术手法在《呼啸山庄》中的应用
摘要:
艾米莉.勃朗特是一个神秘的诗人和小说家,她唯一有影响力的小说《呼啸山庄》不仅创造了一个悲惨的故事的激情和悲剧结局,而且也显示了维多利亚时代的全貌。
在这个浪漫的小说中,艾米莉不仅创造出了哥特式的氛围,也探索了一些主题的爱和激情,报复,自然与文化、宗教。
指出艾米莉.勃朗特在主题,人物形象,环境刻画,意象及情节构造等方面都借了哥特传统。
他们违反了维多利亚时代的价值观和品味。
实际上,艾米丽的《呼啸山庄》只不过是一部自传。
通过它,艾米丽的悲观心理,神秘的生命和维多利亚时代的社会批评更好的表达。
关键字:
艾米莉.勃朗特;哥特式;《呼啸山庄》
Contents
1.Introduction5
2.AsurveyofGothic5
2.1DefinitionofGothic5
2.2TheoriginofGothicNovel6
3.Emily’s Gothic Heritage7
3.1 Theme7
3.1.1Loveandpassion7
3.1.2Revenge9
3.1.3Natureandculture11
3.2GothicFeaturesinWutheringHeights12
3.2.1GothicFeaturesinthemeorplot.12
3.2.2GothicFeaturesincharacters13
3.2.3GothicFeaturesinotheraspects13
4.Emily’sGothicInnovation14
4.1 Combination of romanticism and Realism14
4.2 Use of Symbolism15
4.3Feminisminthecontext16
5.Conclusion17
Bibliography
1.Introduction
EmilyBronte(1818-1848) is a famous English poet and novelist in the 19th century
She wrote many poems of her own, and some of these have been esteemed greatly as
Passionate utterances of the author’s innermost feelings and thought. However, she is now remembered and extolled chiefly as the author of one novel, Wuthering Heights is her sole romantic masterpiece.WutheringHeightsisEmilyBronte’sonlybuteminentwork.For3decades,ithasattainedgreatattention.Scholarshavedonetheirresearchesfromvariousperspectives,whichmainlycenteron:
thelovebetweenHeathcliffandCatherine,religiousconceptionindicatedinthework,technicsappliedinthework,gothicfeaturesinWutheringHeights,feminismandrevenge
Wuthering Heights expresses deep criticisms of social convention, particularly those
Surrounding issues of gender.Emily Bronte composed a Gothic romance,which mainly-focuses on the themes of revenge, spiritual feeling between the main characters, obsession,selfishness and responsibility.
2.AsurveyofGothic
2.1.DefinitionofGothic
Theword“Gothic”camefromthenameofaGermanictribe.Gothwasfamousfortheirbarbaricandbravecharacter.UndertheinfluenceofsomephilosophersinRenaissance,theword“Gothic”wasusedtomeanwild,barbarous,crude,mystery,darktimes,medieval,etc.Inthemiddleof18thcentury,thewordbegantobeusedtodescribeanewkindofnovel.Bythe1790s,theGothicnovelshadbeenestablishedformallyasaliteraturegenreanddevelopedintoaliterarytrendinEnglandaswellasothercountriesinEuropeandAmerican.Thusthe1790swascalledthe“Gothic
Decade”inhistory.In the most general terms, Gothic literature can be defined as writing that employsdark and picturesque scenery, startling and melodramatic narrative devices, and an
overall atmosphere of exoticism, mystery, and dread. Often, a Gothic novel or story
will revolve around a large, ancient house that conceals a terrible secret or that serves as the refuge of an especially frightening and threatening character.Continue Reading BelowDespite the fairly common use of this bleak motif, Gothic writers have also used supernatural elements, touches of romance, well-known historical characters,
and adventure narratives in order to entertain their readers.There are important,
though not always consistent, connections between Gothic literature and Gothic
architecture. While Gothic structures and decorations were prevalent in Europe for
much of the Middle Ages, Gothic writing conventions only assumed their present,
recognizable shape in the 18th century.
2.2theoriginofGothicNovel
1.Gothic novels originated from The Castle of Otranto, written by Horace Walpole in Britain at the end of the 18th century, which created the early classical Gothic novel mode.
Its birth is deeply connected with the ideas of Cemetery Poets(墓园派诗人)at that time, as well as with Gothic aesthetic stantard raised by Edmund Burke.The publication of the Castle of Otranto quickly raised imitations of Clara Reeve,
Sophia Lee, William Beckford and the alike. Gothic style had become the most
popular and expanded from Britain to the whole European countries and the U.S.
2.In 1790s, gothic novels gradually became two branches.
One is horrible Gothic Novels.
Features:
This branch of gothic novels insist on traditional ways. Morbid evil are added in order to make the novel more mysterious and horrible.
Representative:
Matthew Lewis (1775-1818), The Monk (1795)
Charles Brown,1771-1810), Wieland (1798)
The other one is sentimental gothic novels.
Features:
the stories still happen in the castle, but the over-mystery and extremely
horrible effects are discarded. This makes the stories more logical.
Representative:
Mary Radcliffe (1764-1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)
Sally Wood (1759-1855), Julia (1800)
Isaac Mitchell (1759-1812), The Asylum (1804)
3.Emily’s Gothic Heritage
3.1 Theme
Bronteexploressomemajorthemesofloveandpassion,revenge,natureandculture.Theyarenotonlyobscure,butalsoreachingthedepthofthemetaphysical.Thesethemesexpressvividlythehumanpsycheofself-conflict.
3.1.1Loveandpassion
Atfirst,Catherine'sattitudetowardsHeathcliffisridicule,butgraduallyshetreatshimasbrother.Yearslater,CatherinefallsinlovewithHeathcliff.However,afterpayingavisittoThrushcrossGrange,shebeginstochangeherinitialideas.Thecivilizedatmosphere,wealthandfameinfluenceherdeeply.SoshethinksshecouldnotmarryHeathcliff,butEdgarLinton.ItwouldbeadegradationtobemarriedtoHeathcliff.MarryingEdgarwillbedifferent."Shecandressandbehavewell,andhasachanceofbeingrich."Atthesametime,CatherinethinksifshemarriesEdgar,shecanhelpHeathclifftorisebyusingherstatusandEdgar'smoney,andplacehimoutofherbrother'spower.Ononeside,CatherineneedsEdgarLinton;ontheotherside,sheneedsHeathcliff.Sheisinthecontradictionofpsycheallthetime.ShedoesnotwanttoloseHeathclifforEdgar,be-causeHeathcliffishersoulandEdgarishervanity.ThisexactlyportraystheselfishofCatherine.Butshefindsshehasmadethegreatestmistake—marriesEdgar.Sheisnothappyinmarriagelife.Catherinesaid,"MyloveforLintonislikethefoliageinthewoods:
timewillchangeit,I'mwellaware,aswinterchangesthetrees.MyloveforHeathcliffresemblestheeternalrocksbeneath:
asourceoflittlevisibledelight,butnecessary."CatherinecandistinguishthetwodifferentlovebetweenHeathcliffandLinton,itshowsthatsheissoclearlyaboutherownheart.ToCatherine,Heathcliffishergreatthoughtinliving.ShelovesHeathcliffsomuch,sheisHeathcliff.Sothecivilizedlifeisnotsuitableforher,sheistheweakerinthepatriarchalsociety.ShehasnochoicebutmarriesLintonagainstherwill.Catherinehastryherbesttofindhertruelove,actuallysheisthevictimofthecapitalistsociety.
Heathcliffisanorphan;hehasnoparentsandname.Hejustlikesthesonofnature.Fromhim,wecanseetheenergyofnature,freeandhumanity.HelovesCatherinethanCatherineloveshim.HeisdifferentwithCatherine.HislovetoCatherineneverchanges,butCatherineabandonshimtomarryLinton.Heathcliffdoesnotbetraytheirlove.ThoughCatherinemarriesLinton,hestillshowshisutmostpatienceandwaitsforhertodefineheremotions.Hisloveissimpleandpure.HeathcliffdevoteshimselftoloveCatherine;anyone'slovecannotcompareswithhislove.HecouldnotlivewithoutCatherine."Twowordswouldcomprehendmyfuture—deathandhell:
existence,afterlosingher,wouldbehell."
HeathclifflovesCatherinewithallhisheartandsoul,CatherineloversHeathcliff,shecanneverliveandbehappywithoutHeathcliff.Theloveofthetwosoulsforeachotherisofaspecialkind.Theirstoryisjustlikeamodified,morbidversionoftheRomeoandJulietstory.ButtheirpassionforoneanotherseemstobethecenterofWutheringHeights;itismorelastingthananyotheremotiondisplayedinthenovel.Nellycriticizesbothofthemharshly,condemningtheirpassionasimmoral,butthispassionisobviouslyoneofthemostcompellingandmemorableaspectsofthebook.ItisnoteasytodecidewhetherBronteintendsthereadertocondemntheseloversasblameworthyortoidealizethemasromanticheroeswhoselovetranscendssocialnormsandconventionalmorality.
Actually,thebookstructurestwoparallellovestories,thefirsthalfofthenovelcenteringonthelovebetweenCatherineandHeathcliff,thelessdramaticsecondhalffeaturesthedevelopinglovebetweenyoungCathyandHareton.Ontheonehand,thelovestoryofCathyandHaretonisthatitinvolvesgrowthandchange;ontheotherhand,CatherineandHeathcliff’sloveisrootedintheirchildhoodandismarkedbytherefusaltochange.Moreover,theirloveisbas
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