【英语学习】王尔德ppt模版课件

OscarWilde奥斯卡.王尔德ContentsAestheticmovement1WhoisWilde2Hisplay3ThePictureofDorianGray4Aestheticmovement•TheBritishdecadentwritersweredeeplyinfluencedbytheOxforddonWalterPaterandhisessayspublishedin1867–68,inwhichhestatedthatlifehadtobelivedintensely,followinganidealofbeauty.HisStudiesintheHistoryoftheRenaissance(1873)becameasacredtextforart-centricyoungmenoftheVictorianera.DecadentwritersusedthesloganArtforArt'sSake(L'artpourl'art),coinedbythephilosopherVictorCousinandpromotedbyThéophileGautierinFrance,andassertedthattherewasnoconnectionbetweenartandmorality.Whoishe•Wildwasaswashbuckling（传奇的）attention-grabber.Hewasfamousastheleaderofthelate-Victoriandecadentaestheticism.HispoetryiscommonplaceascomparedwithhisfellowwriterslikeDowsonandJohnson.Hisplaysarehumorous,clever,butlackingindepth.•Wildewasfirstlyaplaywrightofcomedies.Thoughhedidnotlivelongenoughtobringhisdramaticpowersintofullplays,hisachievementinthefieldofcomedyisbynomeansnegligible.•HisplaysLadyTindermere’sFan(1892),AWomanofNoImportance(1893),AnIdealHusband(1895),andTheImportanceofBeingEarnest(1895)allenjoyedamazingpopularityinhistime.ItisgoodtoaddthatWildewroteagoodnumberofshortstories,onesizeablecollectionofwhichistheHappyPrinceandOtherTales.•Theonenovelhewrote,ThePictureofDorianGray(1891),isworthmentioningbecauseittouchesuponatypicalVictoriansubject,thedividedself.•Themaincharacterofthenovel,DorianGray,isahandsomeyoungmanofmeans.hevisitedhisartistfriendBasilHallward’sstudioandisfansinatedwiththeportraitBasilispainting.Itishispicture,asyoungandhandsomeasheis.•Doriansecuresthepictureandlocksitawayinaroomupstairs.Hewishesthatthepicturecouldbearalltheburdenofhissinsandhisaginginsteadofhimself.HemeetsLordHenryWotton,whoprovestobehismentorofdepravedlife.•Doriancontinuestoindulgeindissipation,andthepicturebecomesuglierwithtime.AtlastDoringlosespatiencewiththeincreasinglywithered,wrinkledfaceonthepicture,anddecidestodestroyit.Hestabitthroughwithaknife,andhearsadeathlyscreamfromhimself.Whenhisservantscome,theyfindthedeadbodyoftheirmasterwithafaceexactlylikethatonthepicture.•Thepictureofdoriangrayhasacpuireditsownentityandhasbeenseenasanauthenticnarrativeonthenotionofthedouble,thesplitofnatureofthehumansoulandhumanexistencethatcharacterizesVictorianlifeinasense.•AnotherthingtonoteaboutthebookisitsprefaceinwhichWildestatesinhistypicalaphoristicmannerthatartisseparatefrommoralityandnottobewellorbadlywritten.Thushemanagestomakethetheoryofartforart’ssakefurtherclear.Heassertionoftheimportanceofformthattheprefaceemphasizeshasbeengraduallydigestedandacceptedbylatergenerations.Wilde’snovelisinfactagoodfootnotetothementalityoftheaesthetesofthetime.