Teaching Wuthering Heights

A very interesting book has been published by the Modern Language Association (MLA) in its Approaches to Teaching World Literature Series.
Approaches to Teaching Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
Editor(s): Sue Lonoff, Terri A. Hasseler

Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights has long held a high position in the academy and in popular culture. It is taught at levels from high school English to doctoral studies and has been adapted in enough film and television versions that many students who know nothing about the book know who Heathcliff is. Nevertheless it is not an easy novel to teach. Thus in addition to surveying experienced teachers of Wuthering Heights, the editors sought to learn directly from students what in the novel was difficult for them and what worked best in engaging their interest. As a result, the approaches suggested in this volume reflect practices that have proved successful for both students and teachers.

Part 1 of this Approaches volume, "Materials," surveys and assesses the available editions of Wuthering Heights, identifies editions of other works by Emily Brontë, reviews biographies and other background materials, notes the critical studies most frequently mentioned as useful by instructors, and provides an annotated list of resources on the Internet.

PART 1: MATERIALS by Sue Lonoff
Courses and Course Designs
Editions
The Instructor's Library
Other Works by Emily Brontë
Biographies and Background Studies
Critical and Theoretical Studies
Additional Contextual Materials
Wuthering Heights: A Family Tree
What Students Say about Approaching Wuthering Heights

Part 2 is devoted to classroom approaches to the novel:

PART 2: APPROACHES
Introduction by Terri A. Hasseler
Historical and Social Contexts
Wuthering Heights in Its Context(s) by Beth Newman
Geometries of Race, Class, and Gender: Identity Crossing in Wuthering Heights by Carine M. Mardorossian
Victorian Border Crossings: Thinking about Gender in Wuthering Heights by Barry V. Qualls
Teaching the Language of Domestic Violence in Wuthering Heights by Catherine R. Hancock
Literary and Disciplinary Contexts
Haunted Bodies: The Female Gothic of Wuthering Heights by Tamar Heller
Biographical Keys to the Heights by Frances Beer
Wuthering Heights in the Culture of the English Department by Paula M. Krebs
Theories of Interpretation
"The Writing on the Wall": Interpreting Wuthering Heights in a Class on Theories of Interpretations by Suzy Anger
Teaching Wuthering Heights as Fantasy, Trauma, and Dream Work by Diane Long Hoeveler
The Narrative Design of Wuthering Heights: Interpreting the Telling of the Tale by Leilani D. Riehle
Wuthering Heights, Women, and the Law: A Historical Approach by Lisa Surridge
Evading "the Secret Truth" in Wuthering Heights: Film and Visual Illustration in Teaching Critical Theory by Patsy Stoneman
Imagining and Reimagining Wuthering Heights
Teaching Wuthering Heights through Its Film and Television Adaptations by Kamilla Elliott
Hearing Class in Class: Using Audio Excerpts to Teach Wuthering Heights by Dean de la Motte
Teaching Wuthering Heights Intertextually: The Example of Alice Hoffman's Here on Earth by Maureen T. Reddy
Building Skills through Teaching Wuthering Heights
Teaching Emily Brontë's Poetry and Wuthering Heights in a First-Year Composition Course by Tricia Lootens
Teaching Wuthering Heights through Close Reading / Teaching Close Reading through Wuthering Heights by Paul Vita
Using Collaborative Learning to Teach the Themes of Education, Ignorance, and Dispossession in Wuthering Heights by Laraine Fergenson

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