ENG 330 HON: Twisted Sisters: Brontes

The many modern and contemporary versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights testify to the endurance and significance of the novels. Students will examine some of the adaptations, such as Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (a prequel to Jane Eyre), Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Jane Slayre by Charlotte Brontë and Sheri Browning Erwin (a mash-up of Jane Eyre), Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye, and Re Jane by Patricia Park —all of which reimagine Jane Eyre—and Heathcliff: Vampire of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë and Amanda Paris (a mash-up of Wuthering Heights), Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman, Solsbury Hill by Susan M. Wyler, and Abide with Me by Sabin Willett—all of which reinvent Wuthering Heights. Students will consider, not just how and why the authors recreate the Brontë novels, but also the ways in which the adaptations shed light on the original works.