El modelo del amo en Cumbres Borrascosas de Emily Brontë: una lectura ecofeminista

María Isabel Romero-Pérez

Resumen


Cumbres Borrascosas (1847) de Emily Brontë, una de las obras canónicas de la literatura inglesa, ilustra la distorsión y la polarización de la naturaleza, la resistencia a las figuras patriarcales y la importancia primordial del saber y la razón en la disolución y el reclamo de identidades marginadas. Aproximándonos a la narrativa mediante la crítica (eco)feminista de Plumwood (1993/2003), este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la dimensión política de las relaciones humanas con la naturaleza y las formas dominantes de racionalidad en la estructura lógica de dualismos. Esta lente ha permitido una lectura ecofeminista de las opresiones interrelacionadas de raza, clase y género en la construcción de Catherine y Heathcliff. La posición fluctuante de estos protagonistas en la escala de alteridad revela la dinámica de poder de los centros hegemónicos en ambas familias, en Cumbres Borrascosas y en la Granja de los Tordos. En este contexto, la educación finalmente apunta a una posible reconciliación de los binarismos opuestos del modelo del amo en la segunda generación de personajes, Cathy y Hareton. Los personajes de Emily Brontë enfatizarán la compleja articulación de las fuentes de tensión y los mecanismos de opresión en funcionamiento en Cumbres Borrascosas.

Palabras clave


Literatura europea; crítica literaria; feminismo; ecofeminismo; hegemonía cultural

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15645/Alabe2022.25.2