Moral Criticism Behind the Gothic Elements in Wuthering Heights
This article aims at exploring the Gothic elements and how did them work to criticize the moral standard in Victorian era, in the novel, Wuthering heights. A Gothic novel includes creating wild and dark characters, creepy environment, uncanny plots and supernatural scenes, which are the typical features of the Gothic novel. And the indicating meaning behind Gothic elements expresses the criticism to the moral standard in Victorian era.
Authors
- Feng Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7385-163X)
Institutions
- Zhejiang Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Education and Humanities
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.54097/76dj9931
- Primary Topic
- Crime and Detective Fiction Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00