ENG 632 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pathetic Fallacy, Gothic Fiction
20 Jul 2016
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Standard thesis equation: in ___, (author) uses _____ to (critique, challenge, show, etc. ) Wuthering heights is set where she lived. Clergy daughters school after her mother died: inspiration behind the beginning of jane eyre, two sisters died while attending the school, homeschooled afterwards by father, a clergyman. Gothic fiction: type of fiction whose plot generally involves an old castle or monastery, an innocent heroine, a sadistic, sexually abusive male villain, and various frightening seemingly unexplainable events. Gothic signifies trend of aesthetic shift towards sublime, horror. Produces emotional response, pleasure of the text is the terror, horror. Architectural interest is heavy in gothic lit: titles often reflect locations buildings. Hero; young, male, middle class dude: in classic gothic texts, women do not have agency, wuthering heights moves away from this. Gothic elements in wuthering heights: supernatural; cathys ghost, focus on buildings, constantly changing weather, storms, pathetic fallacy an sense of isolation, heathcliff and hinley are the sadistic males, graveyard.
