Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (1847) and Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four (1890)
Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (1847) and Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four (1890) are two Victorian novels that represent domestic spaces troubled by the figure of the outsider. Through examining these domestic spaces in both novels, discuss how the appearance of the outsider in these spaces causes a sense of disturbance and disruption of the normal, the familiar, and the ordinary. Discuss and cite specific examples from the novels to support your argument.
Important guidelines:
- Make use of the E-library and the online journal articles you can access related to your research.
- Make sure the sources you cite are academic.
- Divide your essay into 5-6 body paragraphs and discuss each point you make in a separate paragraph with examples and quotations from the work.
- The word count should range from 1400-1600 words.
- Revise the final document before submitting your TMA to avoid typos and grammatical mistakes.
- Use the Harvard style of documentation.
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Helpful sources:
Allott, M, (1947) The Brontes: The Critical Heritage, London, Routledge.
Brantlinger, P. (1988) Rule of Darkness: British Literature and Imperialism 1830-1914, Ithaca, Cornell University Press.
Hall, C. (2002) Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination, 1830-1869, Cambridge, Polity Press.
Herbert, C. (2008) War of No Pity: The Indian Mutiny and the Victorian Trauma, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press.
Hillis, J. (1982) “Wuthering Heights: Repetition and the Uncanny,” in Fiction and Representation: Seven English Novels, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, pp. 42-72.
Rena-Dozier, Emily. (2010) “Gothic Criticisms: “Wuthering Heights” And Nineteenth-Century Literary History,” ELH, vol. 77, No. 3, pp. 757-775
Watson, Nicola, Shafquat, Towheed (2012) Romantics and Victorians. London, Bloomsbury Academic.
Marking Descriptor
| GRADE | CONTENT | LANGUAGE & ORGANIZATION |
| A
(18-20) | Excellent answers showing confident and wide-ranging knowledge of core material, good understanding of any relevant theory, and a capacity to address the question in a structured, direct and effective way, thoughtfully and with insight. Originality of thought or ideas from outside the course are an added asset. Examples are to the point. | – Has an introduction defining the plan of essay. – Body divided into several paragraphs – Conclusion which directly relates arguments to topic. – Evidence that essay has been edited. – Error-free grammar & register. – Wide range of specialized terminology. – Consistent in-text citation and form of referencing |
| B to B+
(16-17) | Very good answers showing secure knowledge of course materials. Adopting an analytical approach and providing relevant discussion covering most of the key issues. Distinguished from A answers by being less insightful or by showing less comprehensive knowledge of the course. | – First four criteria above maintained – Demonstrates extensive grammar control. – Terminology specialized but less varied. – Minor Inconsistency in in-text citation and referencing |
| C to C+
(14-15) | Competent answers reflecting adequate knowledge of the more directly relevant course material and concepts, with reasonable structure and adequate coherence related to the question set. | – Introduction and/or conclusion short but still satisfactory. – Evidence of editing. – Less grammar control than above. – Good range of specialized terminology. – Inconsistent in in-text citation and referencing |
| D
(10-13)
| Answers which omit some concepts /evidence and/or lack coherence /structure, and/or make minor errors while still demonstrating basic understanding. Or Bare pass answers which show awareness of some relevant material and attempt to relate it to the question. | – Introduction and/or conclusion short but acceptable. – no evidence of editing. – Few grammatical errors that impede communication. – Above average range of specialized terminology. – Slightly confused introduction and/or conclusion, but body still fair. – No evidence of editing. – Some error types that impede communication. – Fair range of specialized terminology. – Inaccurate in-text citation and referencing |
| F
Below 10 | Answers which attempt to draw upon relevant material but do not reflect sufficient knowledge of the course and/or neglect the focus required by the question, and/or are incomplete in some important aspects whilst being acceptable in others. | – No introduction and /or no conclusion. – Body badly organized or irrelevant. – Poor grammar control (extremely limited range of grammar & register). – Limited or not specialized range of terminology. – No in-text citations and no referencing |