Approaches to Teaching Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

by Lonoff, Sue

• ISBN13: 9780873529938
• ISBN10: 0873529936
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-30
• Publisher: Modern Language Assn of Amer

Summary

Among the classroom strategies described in part 2, "Approaches," are the following: - Uncovering the hidden elements of race, gender, and class through close analysis of the narrative- Teaching the novel from the vantage point of gothic conventions, biographies of Bronte family members, and the debates about the place of the novel in the canon- Familiarizing students with historical and legal documents to reveal social and economic issues of the period like child custody and women's property rights- Comparing film and TV adaptations with one another and with the novel itself

Table of Contents

Preface to the Series	ix
Preface to the Volume	1	(6)
PART ONE: MATERIALS
Sue Lonoff
Courses and Course Designs	7	(1)
Editions	8	(3)
The Instructor's Library	11	(6)
Other Works by Emily Bronte	11	(1)
Biographies and Background Studies	12	(1)
Critical and Theoretical Studies	13	(1)
Additional Contextual Materials	13	(3)
Wuthering Heights: A Family Tree	16	(1)
What Students Say about Approaching Wuthering Heights	17	(10)
PART TWO: APPROACHES
Introduction	27	(9)
Terri A. Hasseler
Historical and Social Contexts
Wuthering Heights in Its Context(s)	36	(8)
Beth Newman
Geometries of Race, Class, and Gender: Identity Crossing in Wuthering Heights	44	(7)
Carine M. Mardorossian
Victorian Border Crossings: Thinking about Gender in Wuthering Heights	51	(9)
Barry V. Qualls
Teaching the Language of Domestic Violence in Wuthering Heights	60	(7)
Catherine R. Hancock
Literary and Disciplinary Contexts
Haunted Bodies: The Female Gothic of Wuthering Heights	67	(8)
Tamar Heller
Biographical Keys to the Heights	75	(7)
Frances Beer
Withering Heights in the Culture of the English Department	82	(6)
Paula M. Krebs
Theories of Interpretation
"The Writing on the Wall": Interpreting Wuthering Heights in a Class on Theories of Interpretations	88	(8)
Suzy Anger
Teaching Wuthering Heights as Fantasy, Trauma, and Dream Work	96	(8)
Diane Long Hoeveler
The Narrative Design of Withering Heights: Interpreting the Telling of the Tale	104	(9)
Leilani D. Riehle
Wuthering Heights, Women, and the Law: A Historical Approach	113	(6)
Lisa Surridge
Evading "the Secret Truth" in Wuthering Heights: Film and Visual Illustration in Teaching Critical Theory	119	(7)
Patsy Stoneman
Imagining and Reimagining Wuthering Heights
Teaching Withering Heights through Its Film and Television Adaptations	126	(10)
Kamilla Elliott
Hearing Class in Class: Using Audio Excerpts to Teach Wuthering Heights	136	(6)
Dean de la Motte
Teaching Withering Heights Intel-textually: The Example of Alice Hoffman Here on Earth	142	(7)
Maureen T. Reddy
Building Skills through Teaching Wuthering Heights
Teaching Emily Bronte's Poetry and Withering Heights First-Year Composition Course	149
Tricia Lootens
Teaching Wiiihering Heights through Close Reading/Teaching Close Beading through Withering Heights	139	(28)
Paul Vita
Using Collaborative Learning to Teach the Themes of Education, Ignorance, and Dispossession in Withering Heights	167	(8)
Laraine Fergenson
Notes on Contributors	175	(4)
Survey Participants	179	(2)
Works Cited
Editions of Wuthering Heights	181	(1)
Audio, Film, and Video Resources	181	(1)
General Works	182	(11)
Index	193