"Why are you so queer, Mr. Heathcliff?": a queer analysis of Wuthering Heights within the scope of androgynous doubles and narrative space

• Grant number: 24/20534-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2025
• End date: December 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Modern Foreign Literatures
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Guardini Teixeira Vasconcelos
• Grantee: Beatriz Gonzaga Peclat dos Santos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

There is an extent critical tradition regarding Wuthering Height, which includes feminist, even marxist critique. However, for a long time, queer readings of the novel remained sparse, despite being a narrative with several subversive aspects such as androgyny, preference for sameness over difference and rejection of tradition. This project, therefore, aims to analyze Wuthering Heights through a queer lens, reinterpreting two pilars of the novel: androgynous doubles and the spaces of the two properties.