英语论文 王尔德童话《夜莺与玫瑰》中的唯美主义精选.docVIP

Declaration This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any institutions of higher learning and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, this dissertation contains no material previously published or written by another person, except when due reference is made in the text of the present dissertation. Signed: (Shi Yanting) Date: May 16, 2011 Acknowledgements This thesis would not have been possible without the generous support from Yang Xue. I wish to express my sincere thanks to her for her great help with working out an outline of this paper and offering me wise guidance for how to accumulate valuable data and organize this paper. Finally, my gratitude also goes to the library assistants who have supplied me with reference materials of great value. Abstract From the aspects of form and content, this thesis will analyze the embodiment of Aestheticism in Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and the Rose, in order to manifest his aesthetic values of “Art for art’s sake” and “Art is superior”. From the aspect of form, the paper argues from rhetoric and image to analyze the writing methods to construct fantastic images and magnificent beauty on the literal level. From the aspect of content, the thesis analyzes from irony, symbol, depiction of characters, beauty of anticlimax and binary antithesis of two specific elements, expressing the authors’ intense emotion, pursuit towards art and beauty, glorification of goodness, and critique towards vice. Key words: Aestheticism; rhetoric; image; antithesis 摘 要 本文从形式和内容入手，探讨了王尔德《夜莺与玫瑰》童话中的唯美主义体现，从而揭示了王尔德“为艺术而艺术”，“艺术高于一切”的唯美主义价值观。在形式上，分别从修辞、意象入手，分析了童话在文字层面上精巧华丽的美以及作者构造奇幻图画的写作技巧。在内容上，从更深层次的讽刺、象征、人物刻画、死亡与悲剧之美以及二元对立等方面分析，表现了作者强烈的情感，对爱与艺术美的追求，对善的颂扬以及对恶的摈弃，并从中反映了艺术与当时社会现实生活的关系。