Gothic romanticism in the novels of the Brontë Sisters

The materials of the course Romanticism and Victorianism in English Literature (University of Szeged, Institute of English & American Studies, ISBN (print); 9789633068861) can be found here. The course includes a chapter about the Brontë sisters:

The objective of the course is to provide a survey of English literature in the Romantic (1798-1832) and the Victorian (1832-1901) periods. Focusing on the most significant concepts, themes and genres, as well as the key texts both in verse and prose by the major writers of the Romantic period (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley) and the Victorian period (Tennyson, the Brownings, the Rossettis, Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontës, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Oscar Wilde, George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll) the course aims at an understanding of the cultural terms ’Romanticism’ and ’Victorianism’ in English literature.

Unit 10. Gothic romanticism in the novels of the Brontë Sisters by Anna Kérchy

AIM OF THIS UNIT: The unit explains the significance of the Brontë sisters in Victorian literature with close readings of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.

KEY FIGURES: Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë

COMPULSORY READING: Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights