TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page…………………………………………………………………………………………..i
Certification……………………………………………………………………………………..iii
Dedication……………………………………………………………………………………….iv
Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………………..…….v
Table of Contents…………………..…………………………………………………..…..vii
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………….….xi
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study………………………………………………..………………..1
Statement of the Problem………………………………………………………..………
Research Question……………………………………………………………………………
Purpose of the Study………………………………………………………………………..
Significance of the Study………………………………………………………………..
Scope of the Study……….…………………………………………………..……………
Operational Definition of Terms……………………….………………………………
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
The English Gothic Novel: A Brief Overview
Wuthering Heights as a Victorian Novel
Romanticism and the BRONTËS
CHAPTER THREE
THE PARA-GOTHIC THEMES OF JANE EYRE
Morality
Social class
Gender relations
Love and Passion
Feminism
Atonement and Forgiveness
Search for Home and Family
CHAPTER FOUR
THE PARA-GOTHIC THEMES OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Clash of Elemental Forces
The clash of economic interests and social classes
The Abusive Patriarch and Patriarchal Family
Study of childhood and the family
The Effects of intense Suffering
Self-imposed or self-generated confinement and escape
Displacement, Dispossession and Exile
Communication and Understanding
CHAPTER FIVE
CONCLUSION
Conclusion
ABSTRACT
Para-Gothicism
is not a rediscovery of the gothic, but rather a rebirth of that style;
it is also a modern name for Gothicism which is a genre or mode of
literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. This research study is centered on the novels of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Love and struggle is the central Para-Gothic theme in both Jane Eyre and Wuthering
Heights. Love is presented as a powerful force in both novels. Love is
used by both authors to develop the characters personalities, and
produces two different outcomes. Both novels are stories of love and how
this powerful emotion was able to overcome countless obstacles.
Characters within Wuthering Heights
and Jane Eyre overcame the constraints society had upon them, what
appeared to be their destinies and characters were able to overcome
themselves. These obstacles were lengthy struggles that characters
within each novel were faced with and went through immense pain all for
love. The research study is designed in a five chapter format, with the
chapter one as an introductory aspect, which leads to the review of
related literatures and also followed by the Para-Gothic elements/themes
of the Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and finally, the chapter four is a concluding part of the research study.