文档介绍：An Analysis of Aestheticism in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray
浅析《道林·格雷的画像》中王尔德的唯美主义
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A thesis presented to the Foreign Languages Department of
Shangluo University
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts
May 28, 2013
Class: 09级英本3班
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浅析《道林·格雷的画像》中王尔德的唯美主义
摘要:奥斯卡·王尔德作为西方唯美主义的代表人物,他的的很多作品都体现了其唯美主义的主张。王尔德于1890年创作的《道林·格雷的画像》是他短暂一生中唯一一部发表的小说,也是其唯美主义主张最好的诠释。该小说不仅呈现了十九世纪九十年代唯美主义运动的精神,而且体现了唯美主义的追求及其唯美主义这一思潮的内在特征。虽然这本书自出版以来就成为当时社会的众矢之的,但不可否认,王尔德的唯美主义始终贯穿于这部小说的始终。
通过唯美主义视角分析《道林·格雷的画像》,其唯美主义主要体现在“艺术与美超越一切”,“生活模仿艺术却远不及艺术之美”,“艺术是非功利的”,以及“艺术超越道德”等四个方面。来具体阐述唯美主义在小说中的体现。通过对小说的研究与分析,读者可以更好地了解小说中的唯美主义艺术,欣赏小说的文学特征。
关键词:唯美主义;艺术;道德;功利
An Analysis of Aestheticism in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray
Abstract: As a representative of aestheticism in the west, Oscar Wilde many of his works. The Picture of Dorian pleted by Oscar Wilde in 1890 is the only published novel in his short life, which is the best interpretation to his aestheticism. The novel not only presents the spirit of the aestheticism movement in the 1890 s, but also embodies the pursuit of aestheticism and the ideological trend of the inherent characteristics of the aestheticism. Although this book became a lightning rod for criticism of society at the time there is no denying the fact that Oscar Wilde's aestheticism runs through the novel.
The Picture of Dorian Gray can be analyse from the following four parts to illustrate the reflection of aestheticism in the novel: “Art and beauty above all else”; “Life imitates art, but not as good as art”; “Art is no utilitarian”; and “Art beyond morals”. Through analysis of the novel, the reader can better understand the aestheticism of art of the novel, and appreciate it’s literary characteristics.
Key words:aestheticism; art; morality; utilitarian
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
2. Aestheticism and Oscar Wilde’ The Picture of Dorian Gray 2
The Definition of Aestheticism 2
The connect