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Exploring Wuthering Heights: Lectures on Gothic Elements and Narration Techniques

Dive deep into Emily Bronte's masterpiece, Wuthering Heights, with Dr. Ali Badeen Mohammed's insightful lectures for third-year students and evening classes. Uncover the Gothic novel elements woven throughout the story, from haunted castles to themes of madness and revenge. Learn about the dual narrative technique employed by narrators Mr. Lockwood and Nelly Dean, and explore the complex characters like Heathcliff, Catherine Earnshaw, and Edgar Linton. Engage with thought-provoking questions and answers that unravel the mysteries of this timeless classic.

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Exploring Wuthering Heights: Lectures on Gothic Elements and Narration Techniques

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  1. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering HeightsLectures 1–2 for Third Year Students/ Evening Classes Prepared By Dr Ali Badeen Mohammed

  2. The Gothic Novel Elements of the Gothic novel • A castle, sometimes ruined or haunted • Ruined buildings • Extreme landscape and stormy weather • Death and madness • Demons and curses • Terrifying events • Taboo and sensational topics • A suggestion of the supernatural • A villain or villain-hero (Byronic hero) driven by passion • A heroine enticed by both a good and a dangerous suitor • revenge

  3. Narration in Wuthering Heights There are Two narrators in Wuthering heights a. Mr. Lockwood b. Nelly Dean • Wuthering Heights is highly admired for the sole narrative technique. • The two main narrators are Lockwood and Nelly Dean, but other narrators arise throughout the novel when Nelly quotes what other characters have stated. • The general frame narrative of the novel adds complexity for the reader. Lockwood is the outer layer an d Nelly the inner layer.

  4. The Setting of the Novel Wuthering Heights is set in three different places: • Wuthering Heights • Thrushcross Grange • The Yorkshire Moors

  5. Map of Characters in The Novel

  6. Main Characters in the Novel • Heathcliff: brought to Wuthering Heights as a young boy by Mr. Earnshaw. Heathcliff has a wild, uncontrollable nature, but he is led by his deep love for Catherine Earnshaw. • Catherine Earnshaw: She is a wild girl growing up at Wuthering Heights, She befriends Heathcliff as a child, but she is attracted to the sophisticated life at Thrushcross Grange for she loves Heathcliff, she is finally married to Edgar Linton. • Edgar Linton: He is a spoiled boy living at Thrushcross Grange. He is polite and well educated. He attempts to “civilize” Catherine, but he does not understand her passionate nature.

  7. Lectures 1–2 Questions 1. Why does Mr. Lockwood go to Wuthering Heights? 2. What happened to Lockwood the previous summer? 3. How does Lockwood describe himself? 4. How would you describe Heathcliff? 5. How does Heathcliff react to Lockwood’s intrusion? 6. Why do the dogs attack Lockwood? 7. What prompts Lockwood to leave his house the next day? 8. Who does the young lady sitting by the fire turn out to be? 9. Who is the rough-looking young man? 10. Why can’t Lockwood leave Wuthering Heights?

  8. Lectures 1–2 Answers • Mr. Lockwood had just begun renting Thrushcross Grange and he went to see his landlord, Heathcliff, who lived at Wuthering Heights. • Lockwood led a young woman to believe that he was interested in her and then treated her uncaringly, giving people the mark that he is unkind. • Lockwood thinks that he is an outsider and somewhat of a pessimist, though his manners proposes the opposite. • Heathcliff has a dark complexion and is handsome, yet he has a miserable look. He is very bad-tempered and rude to Lockwood and the people of WH. • Heathcliff is obviously annoyed by Lockwood’s disturbance as he, nothing like Lockwood, is a true pessimist. • Lockwood winks and makes faces at the dogs, which leads them to attack him. • Lockwood decides to stay home until a maid starts cleaning out the fireplace. • The young woman at WH turns out to be Heathcliff’s daughter-in-law. • The aggressive young man introduces himself as Hareton Earnshaw. • Lockwood is prevented from leaving Wuthering Heights by a snowstorm.

  9. References: Allen, Walter. The English Novel. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1955. Benvenuto, Richard. Emily Brontë. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982. Brontë, Charlotte. “Editor’s Preface to the New [1850] Edition of Wuthering Heights.” In Wuthering Heights, edited by David Daiches. Penguin, 1965, pp. 37-41. Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York, NY: Modern Library, 1950. Crailic, W. A. The Brontë Novels. London: Methuen, 1968. Daiches, David, ed. In the introduction to Wuthering Heights. Penguin, 1965, pp. 7-29. Evans, Barbara, and Gareth Lloyd Evans. The Scribner Companion to the Brontës. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1982. Gerin, Winifred. “Emily Brontë.” In Reference Guide to English Literature, edited by D. L. Kirkpatrick. St. James Press, 1991, pp. 300-02.

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