CAJ | 학술논문

This paper aims to interpret“Wuthering Heights”in the standpoint of ecocriticism.“Ecocriticism is the study of the relationship between literature and ecology.”(Panny) The ecocritic considers how nature is reflected and perceived in literary texts and tries to illuminate people’s understanding of how human interacting with nature. Nature in this novel is not merely ev-erywhere. She is an independent character like Heathcliff and Catherine, too. Through“Wuthering Heights”Emily Bront? ex-pressed her ideal of returning to nature and the final convergence of nature and civilization. Nowadays, however, the ecological crisis is far more serious than Emily’s days. Perhaps the ecological wisdom expressed in this work will give us valuable lessons.