《英美文学教学资料》Emily_Bronte.pptVIP

The Bronte Sisters Charlotte (1816-1855) Emily (1818-1848) Anne (1820-1849) The Bronte Sisters The story of the three Bronte sisters, all literary, all talented and all dying young, is one of the saddest pages in the history of English literature. 1848: Emily died of consumption, unmarried Branwell also died of consumption 1849: Anne died of consumption, unmarried 1855: Charlotte died in pregnancy less than a year after her marriage Their Works 1847: Charlotte Jane Eyre Emily Wuthering Heights Anne Agnes Grey 1848: Anne The tenant of Wildfell Hall 1857: Charlotte The Professor Wuthering Heights A riddle: The sphinx of modern literature The author Human nature: Heathcliff is a combination of fire and ice Themes： the conflict of social classes The conflict between nature and culture gender issues Human relations, especially man-woman relationship Writing style: Unique in structure Unconventional in narration Narrators Nelly: the housekeeper of Earnshaw family Lockwood: a gentleman from the civilized south of England Isabella: an epistolary narrator Use of Multiple first-person points of view to narrate the story. characters Mr. Earnshaw The Earnshaw family Catherine, Hindley Mr. Linton The Linton family Isabella Edgar Heathcliff An foundling and waif who was brought home by Mr. Earnshaw breaks the balance and peace of the two families Heathcliff grows up with Catherine and Hindley. He and Catherine love each other; Hindley hates Heathcliff and degrades him in every way and hinders the love between Catherine and Heathcliff; One day, Heathcliff overhears part of the speech by Catherine to Nelly that she intends to marry Edgar; Heathcliff runs away, then becomes r