通过《道林格雷的画像》了解奥斯卡王尔德.docVIP

【标题】通过《道林?格雷的画像》了解奥斯卡?王尔德 【作者】陈 烨 【关键词】道林；奥斯卡?王尔德；亨利；巴西尔；颓废文学；分析 【指导老师】张亚军 项谊 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionOscar Wilde?(1854--1900), Irish-born playwright, novelist, essayist and poet, also an apostate of the fin de siecle, associated with the nineteenth-century?“art for art’s sake” movement, was undoubtedly better known in his lifetime for his scandalous lifestyle than for his literary theories and their execution in his dramas. If Oscar Wilde is remembered for anything since his turn-of-century demise, it is his meteoric rise as a raconteur, playwright and cultural critic and his startlingly rapid fall into disrepute as a homosexual committed to two years in solitary confinement with hard labor in Reading Gao. But actually he should have deserved a higher status in literature.?So it might be helpful and necessary that we re-evaluate Oscar Wilde by his work— The Picture of Dorian Gray. Since it was published, the novel has been always the focus of commentary. After examination, this novel has become the representative of aestheticism. However in Victoria times in the 19th century, this novel brought to the author a piece of scolds. At that time, readers put the view on Dorian’s degeneration. They thought Wilde could not write out excellent work, because of the flaws in his character and his imprudent private life. But we should see that sometimes the author’s creation surmounts his personality. When we comment works, we cannot emphasize the author’s personnel lifestyle too much. With comprehensive viewpoint, this paper re-evaluates Oscar Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray, in which the three characters, embodying different aspects, form a contradictory Oscar Wilde.?The novel describes one slightly symbolic and incredible story. Dorian is a man of rare beauty. He has two friends who have different characters. One is the painter named Basil who pursues aestheticism as his highest art goal, and the other is Lord Henry who takes hedonic idea as his princip