Creation date in repository: 2023-07-25

Abstract: This dissertation is a literary analysis of Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights, and Dorian from The Picture of Dorian Gray. It has been analyzed whether the masculinity presented by Heathcliff and Dorian Gray is characterized by the fictional environments in which they concur (public or private). The importance or need to belong to a group and how this can affect masculinity has been studied, as well as if these two characters can be classified as Byronic heroes. The analysis demonstrates that what shaped masculinity in the 19th century English society, helped on the construction of these characters. It demonstrates that the setting in which the plot unfolds also contributes to the construction of masculinity in the characters. It also shows that both characters can be defined as Byronic Heroes.

Subject: Filologia

Language: en

Subject areas: Filologia Philology Filología

Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Student: Martí Ger, Aina

Academic year: 2021-2022

Title in different languages: Un estudio de la masculinidad en Cumbres borrascosas y El Retrato de Dorian Gray A Study of Masculinity in Wuthering Heights and The Picture of Dorian Gray Estudi de la masculinitat a Cims Borrascosos i El Retrat de Dorian Gray

Work's public defense date: 2022-06-17

Access rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Keywords: Literatura del segle XIX; Heatcliff; Dorian Gray; masculinitat; interrelacions. 19th century literature; Heathcliff; Dorian Gray; Masculinity; interrelationships. Literatura del siglo XIX; Heathcliff; Dorian Gray; Masculinidad; interrelaciones.

Confidenciality: No

TFG credits: 9

Title in original language: A Study of Masculinity in Wuthering Heights and The Picture of Dorian Gray

Project director: Ortells Nicolau, Xavier

Education area(s): Anglès

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)