英語(yǔ)專業(yè)畢業(yè)論文-論《呼嘯山莊》中所展現(xiàn)的哥特色彩

1、<p>　　The Gothic Colors Shown in Wuthering Heights</p><p>　　論《呼嘯山莊》中所展現(xiàn)的哥特色彩</p><p>　　學(xué) 院： 鄭州大學(xué)升達(dá)經(jīng)貿(mào)管理學(xué)院</p><p>　　專 業(yè)： 商 用 英 語(yǔ) </p><p>　　姓 名：

2、 </p><p>　　學(xué) 號(hào)： </p><p>　　指導(dǎo)教師： </p><p><b>　　鄭 重 聲 明</b></p><p>　　本人的學(xué)位論文是在導(dǎo)師指導(dǎo)下獨(dú)立撰寫并完成的，學(xué)位論文沒有剿竊、抄襲等違反學(xué)術(shù)道德、學(xué)術(shù)規(guī)范的侵權(quán)行為，否則本人愿意承擔(dān)由此產(chǎn)生的一切法律責(zé)任

3、和法律后果，特此鄭重聲明。</p><p>　　學(xué)位論文作者（簽名）</p><p><b>　　年 月 日</b></p><p>　　Acknowledgements</p><p>　　I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, Mi

4、ss Liu for her instructive advice and useful suggestions on my paper. I am deeply grateful of her help in the completion of this paper. She helped me in topic choosing; give me better advice on topic range; encouraged me

5、 whenever I feel frustrated, kindly and carefully revised my draft. </p><p>　　I would like to thank all those who have given me their generous helps, commitment and enthusiasm, which have been the major driv

6、ing force to complete the current paper. And I also would like to thank all my teachers during my college life. </p><p>　　【Abstract】 Wuthering Heights is the outstanding novel written by Emily Bronte, an Eng

7、lish woman writer in the 19th century. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centers. The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted love

8、between Heath cliff and Catherine Earns haw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys both themselves and many around them. Also it is a piece of exquisite works of the world's literat</p><p>

9、　　【Key Words】 Wuthering Heights; Emily Bronte; Gothic Colors</p><p>　　【摘要】《呼嘯山莊》是19世紀(jì)英國(guó)女作家艾米莉·勃朗特的著名小說，也是世界文學(xué)園地中的一朵奇葩，其中展現(xiàn)了大量的哥特色彩。本文從作者艾米莉·勃朗特所處的社會(huì)文化背景、作者的荒原情節(jié)、失去親人的傷痛以及艾米莉的性格特征幾方面來分析《呼嘯山莊》這部作品中所展

10、現(xiàn)的哥特色彩。本論文共分六個(gè)部分，第一部分先對(duì)作者艾米莉·勃朗特，小說《呼嘯山莊》和《呼嘯山莊》的國(guó)內(nèi)外研究現(xiàn)狀作簡(jiǎn)要介紹；第二部分介紹哥特小說的定義，起源，發(fā)展和影響；第三部分主要分析小說主人公希刺克歷夫和凱瑟琳身上所體現(xiàn)出來的哥特式色彩；第四部分和第五部分分析小說《呼嘯山莊》的環(huán)境和情節(jié)中所體現(xiàn)出的哥特色彩；第六部分是全文的總結(jié)。</p><p>　　【關(guān)鍵詞】《呼嘯山莊》；艾米莉·勃朗特

11、；哥特色彩</p><p><b>　　Contents</b></p><p>　　PartⅠ Introduction………………………………………………… 1</p><p>　　1.1 Brief Introduction of Emily Bronte……………………… 1</p><p>　　1.2 Br

12、ief Introduction of Wuthering Heights……………………… 2</p><p>　　1.3 Literature Review on Wuthering Heights……………………… 5</p><p>　　Part Ⅱ Reviews on Gothic Literary Theory………………………… 6</p><p&

13、gt;　　2.1 Definition of Gothic Novel…………………………………… 6</p><p>　　2.2 Origin of Gothic Novel………………………………………… 6</p><p>　　2.3 Development of Gothic Novel………………………………… 7</p><p>　　2.4 Eff

14、ect of Gothic Novel………………………………………… 7</p><p>　　Part Ⅲ The Gothic Color about Main Characters in Wuthering Heights ………………………………………………………………… 8</p><p>　　3.1 Heath cliff: A Poor Inhuman Monster……

15、…………… 8</p><p>　　3.2 Catherine：A Contradictory Woman ………………………… 10</p><p>　　Part Ⅳ The Gothic Color about Environment in Wuthering Heights </p><p>　　……………………………………………………………………… 11&

16、lt;/p><p>　　4.1 Scary Situation……………………………………………… 11</p><p>　　4.2 Terrible Nightmares……………………………………… 13</p><p>　　4.3 Gloomy Surroundings……………………………………… 14</p><p>　　Part Ⅴ

17、The Gothic Color about Plot in Wuthering Heights…… 15</p><p>　　5.1 Mysterious Plot……………………………………………… 15</p><p>　　5.2 Supernatural Love………………………………………… 16</p><p>　　Part Ⅵ Conclusion…

18、…………………………………………… 17</p><p>　　Bibliography………………………………………………………… 18</p><p>　　The Gothic Colors Shown in Wuthering Heights</p><p>　　PartⅠ. Introduction</p><p>　　This par

19、t will give a brief introduction to Emily Bronte, the novel Wuthering Heights and literature review on Wuthering Heights. Emily Bronte had an unhappy childhood during the time she had senses of inferiority, timidity, int

20、roversion, and precocity. Thus, books became her best friends. She read not only all kinds of classic literature, but also the magazines of Braidwood and Fraser. We can see clearly in Wuthering Heights that Emily was str

21、ongly influenced by Gothic tradition. </p><p>　　1.1 Brief Introduction of Emily Bronte </p><p>　　Emily Bronte (1818-1848) was born on July30, 1818 at 74 Market Street in Thornton, Bradford, and

22、 Yorkshire, England. She was the fourth daughter of Maria Barnwell, who died of cancer when Emily was only three years old. After her youngest sister Anne was born, the Bronte’s moved to the village of Haworth where Patr

23、ick had been appointed rector. Disaster struck in October of 1848, when Emily fell sick with tuberculosis. In December of 1848, Emily's coffin was laid in the same vault as that of her</p><p>　　Wuthering

24、 Heights seemed a very dark book. Of course, death was no stranger to Emily. She was an isolated, timid woman, she had an unusual character, extremely unsocial and reserved, with few friends outside her family. She prefe

25、rred the company of animals to people and rarely travelled, forever yearning for the freedom of Haworth and the moors. She had a will of iron – a well known story about her is that she was bitten by a rabid dog which res

26、ulted in her walking calmly into the kitchen and ca</p><p>　　Emily was able to create the alienated character Heath cliff was decided by her unsocial and reserved personality. Wuthering Heights exposed the i

27、nherent character of herself. Emily had a rebellious mood and a strong sense of pessimism, so she hated the whole society and herself. In her childhood, Emily had a morbid mentality on performance, she was more like a yo

28、ung man, but not like a girl, her spirit was even stronger than men, her character was unique. Such a young age with the “male protest</p><p>　　1.2 Brief Introduction of Wuthering Heights</p><p>

29、;　　The story develops with two symmetrical families. The Earns haws, rough in manner, including Mr. Earns haw, his son Hindley and his daughter Catherine, live in their old house, Wuthering Heights, up in the folds of th

30、e moor. The Linton family, richer and more genteel, including Mr. Linton, his wife, his son Edgar and his daughter Isabella, live down in a neighboring valley at Thrush cross Grange. One day, Mr. Earns haw meet a gypsy l

31、ittle boy in the streets of Liverpool. He brings the boy to hom</p><p>　　Wuthering Heights is an important contemporary novel for two reasons: Its honest and accurate portrayal of life during an early era pr

32、ovides a glimpse of history, and the literary merit it possesses in and of itself enables the text to rise above entertainment and rank as quality literature. The portrayal of women, society, and class bear witness to a

33、time that's foreign to contemporary readers. But even though society is different today than it was two centuries ago, people remain the same, and</p><p>　　This lyrical prose has a distinct structure and

34、 style. Significantly, Wuthering Heights is about ordered pairs: two households, two pairs of children. Some critics dismiss the plot of the second—generation characters as being a simple retelling of the first story; ho

35、wever, in doing so, they are dismissing the entire second half of the first story; however, in doing so, they are dismissing the entire second half of the book. Each of the two generations comprises 17 chapters. Clearly,

36、 in order to </p><p>　　These ordered pairs more often than not, are pairs of contrast. The most noticeable pair is that of the two houses: Wuthering Heights and Thrush cross Grange. Wuthering Heights has the

37、 wild, windy moors and its inhabitants possess the same characteristics. Opposite this are the calm, orderly parks of Thrush cross Grange and its inhabitants. Each household has a male and female with a counterpart at th

38、e other. Readers gain insight into these characters not only by observing what they think, say, </p><p>　　Structurally, the narrative is also primarily told from a paired point of view. Lockwood frames the i

39、nitial story, telling the beginning and ending chapters. Within the framework of his story, Nelly relates the majority of the action from her outsider's point of view. In essence, readers are eavesdropping rather tha

40、n experiencing the action. And embedded within Nelly's narrative are chapters told primarily from another character's point lf view that has been related to Nelly. This technique allo</p><p>　　The ro

41、le of the outsider should not be overlooked because the setting of Wuthering Heights is one of complete isolation; therefore, only those with first—or second-hand experiences are able to relate them to others. The moors

42、connect between Wuthering Heights and Thrush cross Grange serve a dual purpose—linking the two households while simultaneously separating them from the village and all others.</p><p>　　This isolated setting

43、is important for Bronte's combination of realism and gothic symbolism. Bronte took conventions of the time and instead of merely recreating them in a work of her own, used them as a springboard to write an entirely o

44、riginal tale, creating characters that are simultaneously real and symbolic archetypes.</p><p>　　Emily uses these characters to explore themes of good versus evil, crime and punishment, passion versus ration

45、ality, revenge, selfishness, division and sickness, rebellion and reconciliation, chaos and order, nature and culture, health and sickness, rebellion, and the nature of love. These themes are not independent of each othe

46、r; rather, they mix, mingle, and intertwine as the story unfolds.</p><p>　　Wuthering Heights is also a social novel about class in society as well as a treatise on the role of women. Bronte illustrates how c

47、lass mobility is not always moving in one direction. For Catherine, representing a lower class, social class plays a major role when deciding to get married. That is why she cannot marry Heath cliff and agrees, instead,

48、to marry Edgar. For Isabella, however, just the opposite is true. She is drawn to the wild, mysterious man, regardless of the fact that he is beneat</p><p>　　On the surface, Wuthering Heights is a love story

49、. Delving deeper, readers find both a symbolic and psychological novel. In fact, Wuthering Heights cannot be easily classified as any particular type of novel—that is the literary strength that Bronte's text possesse

50、s. The novel told from multiple points of view is easily read and interpreted from multiple perspectives, also.</p><p>　　1.3 Literature Review on Wuthering Heights</p><p>　　Gothic novel is an ex

51、otic flower in Western European literature garden. It is full of super-natural and hair-raising thing, and makes the readers have a unique sensation of spirit and aesthetics. It is all the rage at the time and many write

52、rs have been influenced. Even until now, the technique of Gothic tradition is in writer's goof grace for its expression and appeal. Gothic novel trend is of ancient origin and long development. “Under the influence o

53、f Gothic novels in the late 18th century, E</p><p>　　“Emily succeeds in merging reality with Gothic techniques like symbolism, terror, and mystery, inputs the passionate feelings and energy into the old mode

54、s, and perfectly unites the Gothic form with passionate contents. The thesis aims at digging out some hidden implications in the novel from a new and different perspective to provide the reader with more enlightenment an

55、d speculation and tries at the same time to help the readers reread this novel from the angle of Female Gothic by displaying t</p><p>　　Many experts and scholars make a lot of excellent comments on Wuthering

56、 Heights. This paper gives a brief analysis of creating origin of Gothicism in Wuthering Heights from Emily's writing background, living environment, suffering of lost families and her personality.</p><p&g

57、t;　　PartⅡ. Reviews on Gothic Literary Theory</p><p>　　2.1 Definition of Gothic Novel</p><p>　　Gothic novel is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Gothic nove

58、l as one branch of the English literature and the father of horror movies origins from The Castle of Otranto. More importantly, it leads habitually with darkness and horror. Gothic elements include horror, mystery, super

59、natural phenomenon, misfortune, death, haunted houses, and family curses.</p><p>　　2.2 Origin of Gothic Novel </p><p>　　Gothic originally came from the Goths, an early Germanic tribe, who invade

60、d and occupied almost all Roman between 3 and 5 AD. The Romans scornfully regarded them as barbaric and uncultured, much like the Vandals. Thus, Gothic won the meaning- barbaric, vulgar, and uncultured. Later, the usage

61、gradually became extensive. During the period of Renaissance, Italy's humanists firstly used the word Gothic. They called the things from the north of the Alps Gothic. People also called those upright build</p>

62、<p>　　Part Ⅲ. The Gothic Color about Main Characters </p><p>　　In Wuthering Heights</p><p>　　In Gothic novels, the shaping of the characters is a commonly used vehicle for giving expressi

63、on to the gothic ingredient. This is particularly true of Emily's Wuthering Heights. This chapter will describe the main characters in this novel, Heath cliff and Catherine. Heath cliff is a poor inhuman monster, Cat

64、herine is a contradictory woman, and these characters of them increase the novel's gothic color. </p><p>　　3.1 Heath cliff: A Poor Inhuman Monster</p><p>　　In Gothic novels, the shaping of t

65、he characters is a commonly used vehicle for giving expression to the gothic ingredient. This is particularly true of Emily's Wuthering Heights. When we open this book, we can see various terrifying characters. The f

66、irst character is the hero Heath cliff. He seems to be an inhuman monster. Being a son of the storm, his behavior is flooded with Gothic color: cruel, imperious, and he stoops to anything to get what he wants. What's

67、 more, the love between Catherine </p><p>　　Part Ⅳ Gothic Color about Environment in Wuthering Heights</p><p>　　In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte has used Thrush cross Grange and Wuthering Heig

68、hts to depict isolation and separation. The dark and foreboding environment described at the beginning of the novel foreshadows the gloomy atmosphere found in the remainder of the book.</p><p>　　4.1 Scary Si

69、tuation</p><p>　　Gothic stories usually occurred in the wilderness, ruins, castles and broken houses, the scene usually was gloomy and terror. Wuthering Heights described the atmosphere and environment by th

70、e gothic style. Wuthering Heights was located in the town of Yorkshire, the weeds and rocks in everywhere. Fierce wind howled and blew violently in the year round. The strong and sharp rain and storms attacked everything

71、 in every day and night.</p><p>　　PartⅤ Gothic Color about Plot in Wuthering Heights</p><p>　　In terms of the plot, Gothic novels are always full of mystery and violence. In Wuthering Heights, a

72、bnormal and brutal atmospheres and tragic scenes can be seen everywhere. This part will describe the gothic color about plot in Wuthering Heights. </p><p>　　5.1 Mysterious Plot</p><p>　　In terms

73、 of the plot, Gothic novels are always full of mystery and violence. In Wuthering Heights, abnormal and brutal atmospheres and tragic scenes can be seen everywhere. For instance, when the night Lockwood gets accommodatio

74、n in the room which Catherine had lived, the wind howls and the snow pours down. In his dream, he sees a pale face looking through the window, a bloodstained hand stretching into the broken window importunately asking fo

75、r coming into the room. And Lockwood hears “l(fā)et me i</p><p>　　5.2 Supernatural Love</p><p>　　Tragic love, in Wuthering Heights, has been heaped praises since it was published. It can be said tha

76、t the feeling of the main characters is the strongest in British novels. The releases of the passion products an unexpected effect and readers can be understand the author's darling and mighty and the work's loft

77、iness and tragic beauty. Catherine has ever given full vent to her feelings to Heath cliff.</p><p>　　Part Ⅵ Conclusion</p><p>　　It is common that many critics take Gothic novels as black novels.

78、 In particular, they hold high prejudice to those who write in this style. There is no doubt that Emily Bronte is regarded as a writer out of the mainstream of the novels in the 19th century. Her style is clear and simpl

79、e but charged with tremendous vitality. She does not write for moral and social effect as Charles Dickens does. She writes for the rhythm of her sentences and the exact choice of word conveys her meaning explicitly</p

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