A new scholarly book with Brontë-related content:
Performativity of Villainy and Evil in Anglophone Literature and MediaEdited by Nizar Zouidi
Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN (hardcover): 978-3-030-76054-0
ISBN (ebook): 978-3-030-76055-7
July 2021
Performativity of Villainy and Evil in Anglophone Literature and Media studies the performative nature of evil characters, acts and emotions across intersecting genres, disciplines and historical eras. This collection brings together scholars and artists with different institutional standings, cultural backgrounds and (inter)disciplinary interests with the aim of energizing the ongoing discussion of the generic and thematic issues related to the representation of villainy and evil in literature and media. The volume covers medieval literature to contemporary literature and also examines important aspects of evil in literature such as social and political identity, the gothic and systemic evil practices. In addition to literature, the book considers examples of villainy in film, TV and media, revealing that performance, performative control and maneuverability are the common characteristics of villains across the different literary and filmic genres and eras studied in the volume.
The book contains the essay:
by Tammie Jenkins
This essay examines the homes in Wuthering Heights as locations of iniquity. Utilizing relevant excerpts from Wuthering Heights I explore how these principal homes are used to drive the actions of its inhabitants. I use intertextuality theory as my conceptual framework to examine, interpret, and articulate the ways Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange enact on the behaviors of their respective residents. Additionally, I use narrative analysis as my qualitative research methodology to excavate how the descriptions of each house is translated through the mannerisms of the text’s main characters (e.g., Heathcliff, Catherine Earnshaw).
A new scholarly book with Brontë-related content:
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