TheAestheticIdeasofOs_省略_hePictureofDori.pdf

科技信息 人文社科 The Aesthetic Ideas of Oscar Wilde in the Preface of the Picture of Dorian Gray 天津科技大学 刘艳华 [Abstract]ThePrefaceofOscarWilde’ [KeyWords]preface aesthetic explore detail Partone:Introduction TheprefaceofthisnovelisalsoWilde’sself-claimofhisopinionsabout themajorpointsofOscarWilde’saestheticphilosophy.Inshort,theepigrams praisebeautyandrepudiatethenotionthatartservesamoralpurpose.Now let’sreadtheprefaceofthisbook: Aboutartandmorality“ ” ofcriticismisamodeofautobiography.Thosewhofinduglymeaningsin thereisaterriblemoralinDorianGray——— ishope.Theyaretheelecttowhombeautifulthingsmeanonlybeauty.There isnosuchthingasamoraloranimmoralbook.Booksarewellwritten,or manticismistherageofCalibannotseeinghisownfaceinaglass.Themoral anything.Eventhingsthataretruecanbeproved.Noartisthasethicalsym- pathies.Anethicalsympathyinanartistisanunpardonablemannerismof materialsforanart. Fromthepointofviewofform,thetypeofalltheartsistheartofthe isatoncesurfaceandsymbol.Thosewhogobeneaththesurfacedosoattheir —orgood— accordwithhimself.Wecanforgiveamanformakingausefulthingaslongasthenovel’ hedoesnotadmireit.Theonlyexcuseformakingauselessthingisthatone admiresitintensely. Allartisquiteuseless. Part Two:the Analysis of Preface:the Aesthetic Ideas in the Preface profoundaneffectuponDorian’slifeasBasil’spaintingdoes. ThePrefacetoThePictureofDorianGrayisacollectionofepigramsthatPartThree:Conclusion mentknownasaestheticism.Aestheticism,whichfounditsfootinginEurope cal,orotherwisedidacticends.Whereastheromanticmovementoftheearly andmid-nineteenthcenturyviewedartasaproductofthehumancreative impulsethatcouldb