English essay question 2
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How might your chosen text be considered literature?
Intro
What is literature?
In order to considered whether Emile Bronte’s Wuthering Heights is considered a “literary” piece we have to first the question would have to arise of what literature is and with its definition how can you compare it to other written mediums that may or may not hold the same status. According to
Terry Eagleton (2008) literature gives “our common- senses notions of what it is to mean in the first place” Literature generally have elements of creative and imaginative writing however you cannot compare novels such as Harry Potter and Ailen by as though they are imaginative stories as they do not hold the same informative weight and unique language that Wuthering Heights holds. So as an alternative order for us to for us consider Wuthering Heights as a literary piece we have to look into the elements in what makes a story a piece of literature. This can be look at through the aspects of its content its form and style and its matter of function.
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The first thing that we can analysis on why you may consider wuthering heights as a piece of
“literature” is from the unique type of language Emile Bronte using in her novel , an argument for literature is that it is written in a special form or special use of language” You can see this straight away from Bronte’s interesting description of Frances who is shown as the wife of Hindley. Frances is described to be a somewhat simple person “every object she saw, the moment she crossed the threshold, appeared to delight her” with Lockwood who labelling her as “half silly”. This sequence of sentences shows the intriguing way of how Bronte presents the character of Hindley through the eyes of Lockwood have an varying view of how he describes her. (ADD TO THAT)
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Most literature uses a language that is not commonly used in the open world through conversation, its uses a special form of language that which “distorts original language”. (Eagelton,p.2). This type of distorted language can also be seen through Lockwoods description of Hindley’s of her initial

feebleness “the least sudden noise made her quiver and that she coughed troublesome sometimes.
The sort of enigmatic type of description can also be viewed in the first chapter of the novel in the description of Heathcliff “He is a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress... as much a gentleman as many county squire” (1.15). According to Victor Shklovsky if you compare literature to a art” it is a
“technique” to make “things seem unfamiliar”. It is evident from Bronte’s work and in fact he many skilled writers that when they write their stories, they avoid using the language of everyday life.
Eagleton argues in order to argue what maybe consider a literary piece or not is not enough to define it as a piece of work that is fictional or imaginative but that it can use language in a peculiar way (Eagleton,2008) which can be seen in an abundance in Wuthering Heights.
Perhaps literature is definable not according to whether it is fictional or 'imaginative', but because it uses language in peculiar ways.
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Finally, we will be examining the matter of function which comes with literary fictions. The function of literature is to provide a aesthetic experience for the reader. According to Barbara Kingsolver literature helps “duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can”. This specifically with Wuthering Heights can be looked into when looking back in the Moores of Yorkshire England during the 1920’s (Shmmop editorial team,2008). Reviewers sympathize with the sense of hopelessness for the female characters against the “fearful representation of masculine” characters
(Martineau,1855) which was a social norm during the period in Britain and around every first world country. This can also be seen as educational and informative to those who are unaware of the living condition in Britain during this period which is origins from another one of literatures functions that is to have the function to portray a realistic setting for the reader as well and delivering it in an emotional, intellectual and even bodily pleasurable aesthetic. This can be seen in chapter 6 of
Wuthering Heights when Heathcliff and Catherine go to the Thrushcross Grange and Bronte gives the description to the reader of a “splendid place carpeted with crimson along with “bordered gold” ceilings along with a “shower of glass dropping by a “silver chain” of the lantern (50). This part of the novel boats its literariness from its aesthetically pleasing description of the Thrushcross grange.
Wuthering Heights contains the element of function which is needed with all novels form its insightfulness into a setting or from its intriguing description that it gives to the reader.
Conclusion
In conclusion it is much a lot more challenging it what may be considered a piece of literature. It is not like a definition or does not exist in the same sense as a living creature (Eagleton,2008) it works on a value judgement bases which deep subjected roots of structural belief (ibid,2008). However, if comparing Wuthering Heights off the bases of having a matter of language, style it is evident in my opinion that you can consider Wuthering Heights and even specifically examples from chapter 6 of the novel that can be considered a “literary” piece.

Bibliography
Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Publishing, 2015. Print.
Shmoop Editorial Team. "Wuthering Heights Setting." Shmoop. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov.
2008. Web. 21 Nov. 2019.
Shmoop Editorial Team. "Viktor Shklovsky Quotes." Shmoop . Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov.
2008. Web. 21 Nov. 2019.

“we saw-ah!” it was beautiful-a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chars and titleship celling bordered gold, shower of glass, drops hanging by a silver chain”. it gives emotional + intellectual + bodily pleasure plus knowledge
“Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can, drawing you so fully into another life that you temporarily forget you have one of your own” – Barbara Kingsolver e. It has been argued, for instance, that out own opposition between 'historical'
“ and 'artistic' truth does not apply at all to the early Icelandic sagas.
Gibbon no doubt thought that he was writing the historical truth, and so perhaps did the authors of
Genesis, but they are now read as 'fact' by some and 'fiction' by others;
(Refer to the realistic description of Wuthering Heights during that period in England)
“The technique of art is to make things seem unfamiliar” Victor Shklovsky
“I did remark to be sure that mounting the stairs made her breath very quick that the leastsudden noise made her quiver and that she coughed troublemsome sometimes,
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The next factor I am going to look into is the imaginative truth in which comes with the writing of literature ( look at the page that is open on google for points) , literature gives the reader a number of self-functions such as emotional intellectual and bodily pleasures.
He is a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman: that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire
Positive review of aesthetics of the story.

With time and labour, the crag took human shape; and there it stands, colossal, dark and frowning, half statue, half rock; in the former sense, terrible and goblin-like; in the latter, almost beautiful, for its colouring is of mellow gray, and moorland moss clothes it;
Shmoop Editorial Team. "Wuthering Heights Setting." Shmoop . Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov.
2008. Web. 21 Nov. 2019.

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