呼啸山庄 英文 小说分析.ppt
Wuthering Heights,by Emily Bront,CONTENT Background Introduction of Emily Bront Plot Analysis of the main characters Theme Analysis of the complexity of plot,Historical Background,The Victorian Age is the Critical Realism in England from 1832 to 1901.The early years:a time of rapid economic development as well as serious social problems.The mid-Victorian period:a period of economic prosperity with a revival of trade and production and social peace.The last three decades of the century witnessed the decline of British Empire and the decay of Victorian values.,Emily Bront,Emily Bront(1818-1848),novelist and poet,is one of the most famous representatives of the 19th century in English literature.Born in Thornton,Yorkshire in 1818.The Bront sisters:Charlotte Bront,Emily Bront,Anne Bront.Never received formal education;In 1847,Wuthering Heights,one of the great works of fiction in the English language,was published.,Mr.Linton,Mr.Earnshaw,Isabella,Edgar,Catherine,Heathcliff,Hindley,Little Catherine(Cathy),Little Linton,Hareton,Plot,The story of Wuthering Heights is concerned with two families and an intruding stranger,and is a morbid love story between Catherine and Heathcliff.,Analysis of the main characters,Heathcliff：self-abased,selfish,jealous,sensitive,cruel,brutal,immortal love to Catherine,Catherine:warm-hearted,tender,inartificial,immortal love to Heathcliff,Linton:gentle,coward,timid,immortallove to Catherine,Theme,From the social point of view，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.,Analysis of the complexity of plot,Heathcliffs intense love for Catherine and relentless revenge on his enemyHeathcliffs conflict with Hindley and the LintonsConflict between the privileged and the underdog,between the master and the hired hand,No coward soul is mine我的灵魂无所畏惧-Emily Bront,Thank You!,
