Emily_Bronte.ppt

1、Emily Bronte,组员：左冬琴 左璇 韦同菊 曾强敏 刘巧巧,Emily Bronte,Emily Bronte(1818-1848),Emily Jane Bronte was an English novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature.,Emily Bronte(1818-1848),Emily Bronte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, in the north o

2、f England. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Bronte and the fifth of six children in her family. Emily Bronte died of tuberculosis in the late 1848. She had caught cold at her brother Branwells funeral in September.,Bronte Sisters,Charlotte,Anne,Emily,Bronte SistersMajor Works,Charlotte :The G

3、reen Dwarf (1833) Jane Eyre (1847) Shirley (1849) Villette (1853) The Professor (1857) Emily :Wuthering Heights (1847) Anne :Agnes Grey (1847) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) Collaborative work: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846).,Wuthering Heights,Characters,Heathcliff,Edgar Linton,Ca

4、therine Earnshaw,He lives in Thrushcross Grange (画眉山庄),呼啸山庄主要内容,这是一个爱情和复仇的故事。呼啸山庄的主人，乡绅欧肖先生带回来了一个身份不明的孩子，取名希斯克利夫，他夺取了主人对小主人亨德雷和他的妹妹凯瑟琳的宠爱。主人死后，亨德雷为报复把希斯克利夫贬为奴仆，并百般迫害，可是凯瑟琳跟他亲密无间，青梅竹马。后来，凯瑟琳受外界影响，改而爱上了画眉田庄的文静青年埃德加。希斯克利夫愤而出走，三年后致富回乡，凯瑟琳已嫁埃德加。希斯克利夫为此进行疯狂的报复，通过赌博夺走了亨德雷的家财。亨德雷本人酒醉而死，儿子哈里顿成了奴仆。他还故意娶了埃德加的妹

5、妹伊莎贝拉，进行迫害。内心痛苦不堪的凯瑟琳在生产中死去。十年后，希斯克利夫又施计使埃德加的女儿小凯瑟琳，嫁给了自己即将死去的儿子小林顿。埃德加和小林顿都死了，希斯克利夫最终把埃德加家的财产也据为己有。复仇得逞了，但是他无法从对死去的凯瑟琳的恋情中解脱出来，最终不吃不喝苦恋而死。小凯瑟琳和哈里顿继承了山庄和田庄的产业，两人终于相爱，去画眉田庄安了家。小说在现实生活的真实反映中表现出了浓厚的浪漫主义色彩。,The Theme of The Novel In Wuthering Heights , Emily Bronte creats two typical characters : Cather

6、ine and Heathcliff . Revolting against the oppression from Hindley , they form an intimate alliance and keep their selves intact . Catherine s betrayal makes themselves lost . They can t endure the agony of self - split and begin to be on the pursuit journey of self .,Wuthering Heights,Wuthering Hei

7、ghts is the only novel by Emily Bronte. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres (as an adjective; wuthering is a Yor

8、kshire word referring to turbulent weather). Now considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights met with mixed reviews by critics when it first appeared, mainly because of the narratives stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty,Androgynous Pen Name,A joint collection of poems by

9、 Charlotte, Emily, and Anne published pseudonymously as Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell-appeared in 1846. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Bronte sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became Curre

10、r Bell, Anne became Acton Bell, and Emily became Ellis Bell. They chose Christian names positively masculine to dissuade any bias on the premise of their gender.,Different views about Wuthering Heights,艾米莉勃朗特在主题、人物形象、环境刻画、意象及情节构造等方面都借鉴了哥特传统 ,同时凭借其超乎寻常的想像力 ,将现实与超现实融为一体 ,给陈旧的形式注入了激烈情感、心理深度和新鲜活力 ,达到了哥特

11、形式与激情内容的完美统一 ,使呼啸山庄既超越了哥特体裁的“黑色浪漫主义” ,又超越了维多利亚时代的“现实主义” ,从而展现出独具一格、经久不衰的艺术魁力。 呼啸山庄是一部没有被时间的尘土遮没光辉的杰出作品。作品本身的复杂性和多义性,以及作者本人的性格和才华,长期以来被视为英国文学史上的“思芬克斯”。本文通过对作品文本本身结构特点及复仇、自由、和爱情的深层分析,揭示了作者在呼啸山庄中所表现的对宗教的态度,对自然界中人性的思考。 通过对小说中两代女主人公凯瑟琳在爱情婚姻道路上的命运沉浮、挫折经历的透视 ,探讨了作家艾米莉的女性自我意识 ,展现了艾米莉对女性在爱情婚姻问题上的独特见解 :人格独立、个

12、性自由和男女平等是女性得到真正的爱情和美满的婚姻的关键所在 ,也是女性在爱情婚姻问题上进行不屈不挠的自我追求的最终目标。,Classical words,(Chapter 9)My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff! Hes always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a

13、 pleasure to myself, but as my own being. 背景介绍：凯瑟琳选择嫁给林顿，克厉夫离家出走。得知这信息后，凯瑟琳陷入迷乱和痴狂，大声宣称：“克厉夫是我快乐的源泉，是维系生命的灵魂，我就是克厉夫！” (Chapter 16) I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul! 背景介绍：在凯瑟琳死后，克厉夫用头猛撞大树，绝望的自语：“没有了生命，我如何活下去？失去了灵魂，我如何活下去啊？！”,Emily Bronte Poems,A Death Scene A Little While

14、Day Dream F. De Samara to A. G. A. Hope How Clear She Shines Heavy hangs the raindrop Lines Lines (Far away is the land of rest) My Comforter,My Ladys Grave No coward soul is mine The Old Stoic Self InterrogationSong for A.A Song (1839) Song (1846) Stanza To Imagination The Prisoner,Hope,She sat wit

15、hout the grated den, Watching how my fate would tend, Even as selfish-hearted men.She was cruel in her fear; Through the bars one dreary day, I looked out to see her there, And she turned her face away!Like a false guard, false watch keeping, Still, in strife, she whispered peace; She would sing while I was weeping; If I listened, she would cease.False she was, and unrelenting; When my last joys stre