Emily Bront毛 : a Victorian or a modernist

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to approach Wuthering Heights from different literary conventions and genres, to attempt at classifying and positioning Emily Bront毛 within some literary movement. The introduction will delve into the reception of the novel at the time of its publication and briefly assimilating it to other Victorian novels. Certain theories and essays will be introduced as a framework for the dissertation. The first chapter splits into two subchapters analyzing Wuthering Heights through a Romantic and Gothic lens, and how both these genres have had an influence on Bront毛 and the novel. The second chapter will subsequently involve Realism and Modernism which will split akin to the first chapter and show the avant-garde side of Bront毛. In that chapter the novel will be viewed from a perspective that came after the author鈥檚 time and her influence on these movements will be exhibited. There will be a small section on a particular affect she had on Postmodernism. These two chapters will provide the different angles that one might view Emily Bront毛 from, which will ultimately lead to the conclusion vis-脿-vis her position as a writer and whether she can be classified or not.