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My thesis concerns the understanding of the novel Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontean adol... more My thesis concerns the understanding of the novel Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontean adolescent girl's journey towards adulthood. It covers the basic background it originates from: 19th century society, class and geographical determinism, the position of women, and the facts about Bronte's life which formed her unique writing style. It includes a part about the features of romantic literature such as its symbolism, the importance of opposition, the idea of nature as a teacher, the qualities of childhood, the supernatural and the Byronic hero. It provides a description of the main motifs in Wuthering Heights which are important for understanding it as Catherine's search for herself. It discusses the frames of mind of individual characters and repeated motifs. It pays special attention to sexual instinct as the origin of all human actions, self-acceptance and self-love, the loss and regain of identity and harmony. It discusses the idea that all characters can be se...
My thesis concerns the understanding of the novel Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontean adol... more My thesis concerns the understanding of the novel Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontean adolescent girl's journey towards adulthood. It covers the basic background it originates from: 19th century society, class and geographical determinism, the position of women, and the facts about Bronte's life which formed her unique writing style. It includes a part about the features of romantic literature such as its symbolism, the importance of opposition, the idea of nature as a teacher, the qualities of childhood, the supernatural and the Byronic hero. It provides a description of the main motifs in Wuthering Heights which are important for understanding it as Catherine's search for herself. It discusses the frames of mind of individual characters and repeated motifs. It pays special attention to sexual instinct as the origin of all human actions, self-acceptance and self-love, the loss and regain of identity and harmony. It discusses the idea that all characters can be se...