英语论文-GothicFeaturesinWutheringHeights.pdf

毕业论文(设计) Acknowledgements My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to my advisor, Ms.Lin Lan, whose inspiring insights, generous encouragements, and enthusiastic instructions have facilitated me much throughout my thesis writing. Her penetrating and insightful comments afford mewithinspiringsource.Shehasbeeninconstantconcernaboutmy paper,sparednopainstoentertainmythesisdraft. Second, I would also like to extendmy sincerethanks to the Foreign Language Department of JiaYing University aswell as all my teachers for their instructive guidance and comprehensive educationduringthefouryears’schooling. Finally, my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my classmateswhogavemetheirhelpinlisteningtomeandhelpingme workoutmyproblemsduringthedifficultcourseofthethesis. i 毕业论文(设计) Abstract The Gothic tradition has very great influence on the English and American literature, and ithas been inherited innovels by many writers. WutheringHeights is Emily Bronte’sunique and splendidmasterpiece and it isknown as a Gothic novel. ThisthesisanalysestheGothictheoryandpointsouttheGothicfeaturesin Wuthering Heights: the theme, the description of environment, Gothic characters, ect, which makes WutheringHeightsdifferentfromtheothernovelsintheVictorianAge. TheGothictraditionisanimportantpart ofEnglishliterature.Itsoriginationcan betracedbacktoRomanAge,andtherewasalongperiodforitsdevelopment.Emily cameintocontactwithGothicstorieswhen shewas stillveryyoung andwas attested byit. There are lots of Gothic features in WutheringHeights.First, the theme of the novel is about revenge and heirdom. Second, the novel presents the horrified environment, such as the m