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T1 "Wuthering heights": the quest for continuity
A1 Pérez Alonso, Leticia
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Filología Inglesa
AB In this article, I shall explore George Bataille's notions on eroticism in relation to Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. The main focus of my analysis are the scenes illustrating Heathcliff's involvement in acts of necrophilia and gradual starvation, as they reflect the Bataillean ideas of continuity and discontinuity in Eroticism: Death and Sensuality, which account for the processes of union and disunion between the protagonists (Catherine and Heathcliff). Just as the French philosopher argues that the human being, despite its finite condition and determinations, seeks to go beyond its limitations and individuality, Bronte shows the different moments of rupture and the final unity of the lovers. In that sense, Heathcliff manifests an ardent desire to overcome the boundaries of his existence by giving his own life and be reunited in an act of selflessness with the body of his beloved. In doing so, he restores the cosmic flow and attains intransience and immutability beyond death.
SN 0210-9689
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17377
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17377
LA spa
NO ES: Revista de filología inglesa, 2010, N.31, pags.187-201
DS UVaDOC
RD 28-nov-2024