英美文学史OSCAR_WILDE
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1. Life
• Born in Dublin in 1854. • He became a disciple of Walter
Pater, the theorist of aestheticism. • He became a fashionable dandy.
Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas in the 1890s
• He died in Paris in 1900.
Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas in the 1890s
Oscar Wilde
2. Works
• Poetry: • Fairy tales: • Novel: • Plays:
Poems, 1891 The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 1898
3. Wilde’s aestheticism
• Aestheticism was a losely defined movement in literature and art, characterised by the attitude of making “art for art’s sake”. It took place in the late Victoirian period from around 1868 to 1901, and is generally considered to have ended with the trial of Oscar Wilde.
«To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all»
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde in a photo by Napoleon Sarony.
Leo wang 2010-10
Oscar Wilde
• The artist = the creator of beautiful things.
• Art used only to celebrate beauty and the sensorial pleasures.
A contemporary edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Oscar WilΒιβλιοθήκη Baidue
8. The Importance of Being Earnest
Wilde’s most enduringly popular play.
Sir John Gielgud, E. Evans and M. Leighton in The Importance of Being Earnest, UK, 1952.
Oscar Wilde
9. The Importance of Being Earnest
• Humour comes from the characters’ false identities.
• Witty dialogues and satire of Victorian hypocrisy.
Oscar Wilde
1. Life
• He was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London and one of the greatest celebrities of his days.
• He suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned after been convicted of “gross indecency” for homosexual acts.
The Happy Prince and other Tales, 1888 The House of Pomegranates, 1891
The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Lady Windermere’s Fan, 1892 A Woman of no Importance, 1893 The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895 Salomé, 1893
Oscar Wilde
13. The Importance of Being Earnest:
irony and Victorian morality
A contemporary edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Oscar Wilde
3. Wilde’s aestheticism
• Oscar Wilde adopted the aesthetical ideal: he affirmed “my life is like a work of art”.
• The Aestheticism Movement sought to free art from this social purpose and find the meaning of art in itself.
• Oscar Wilde believes that art possesses an intrinsic value内在价值 —that it is beautiful and therefore valuable, and thus needs serve no other purpose. His attitude was revolutionary at his time.
Oscar Wilde
3. Wilde’s aestheticism
In Victorian England, popular belief held that art could be used as a tool for social education and moral enlightenment (Charles Dickens’s works).
• Born in Dublin in 1854. • He became a disciple of Walter
Pater, the theorist of aestheticism. • He became a fashionable dandy.
Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas in the 1890s
• He died in Paris in 1900.
Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas in the 1890s
Oscar Wilde
2. Works
• Poetry: • Fairy tales: • Novel: • Plays:
Poems, 1891 The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 1898
3. Wilde’s aestheticism
• Aestheticism was a losely defined movement in literature and art, characterised by the attitude of making “art for art’s sake”. It took place in the late Victoirian period from around 1868 to 1901, and is generally considered to have ended with the trial of Oscar Wilde.
«To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all»
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde in a photo by Napoleon Sarony.
Leo wang 2010-10
Oscar Wilde
• The artist = the creator of beautiful things.
• Art used only to celebrate beauty and the sensorial pleasures.
A contemporary edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Oscar WilΒιβλιοθήκη Baidue
8. The Importance of Being Earnest
Wilde’s most enduringly popular play.
Sir John Gielgud, E. Evans and M. Leighton in The Importance of Being Earnest, UK, 1952.
Oscar Wilde
9. The Importance of Being Earnest
• Humour comes from the characters’ false identities.
• Witty dialogues and satire of Victorian hypocrisy.
Oscar Wilde
1. Life
• He was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London and one of the greatest celebrities of his days.
• He suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned after been convicted of “gross indecency” for homosexual acts.
The Happy Prince and other Tales, 1888 The House of Pomegranates, 1891
The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Lady Windermere’s Fan, 1892 A Woman of no Importance, 1893 The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895 Salomé, 1893
Oscar Wilde
13. The Importance of Being Earnest:
irony and Victorian morality
A contemporary edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Oscar Wilde
3. Wilde’s aestheticism
• Oscar Wilde adopted the aesthetical ideal: he affirmed “my life is like a work of art”.
• The Aestheticism Movement sought to free art from this social purpose and find the meaning of art in itself.
• Oscar Wilde believes that art possesses an intrinsic value内在价值 —that it is beautiful and therefore valuable, and thus needs serve no other purpose. His attitude was revolutionary at his time.
Oscar Wilde
3. Wilde’s aestheticism
In Victorian England, popular belief held that art could be used as a tool for social education and moral enlightenment (Charles Dickens’s works).