Essays about: "Oscar Wilde"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Oscar Wilde.

  1. 1. Serious Triviality : A Serious Societal Critique in a Trivial Setting in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Fredrik Zadig; [2023]
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    Abstract : In the late Victorian era, the British upper-class seemed to have set up their own standard of morals where truthfulness and religious conviction gave way for manners and appearance. Oscar Wilde was an outspoken socialist and talented author who shared his critique towards the ills of this society within his literary works. READ MORE

  3. 2. Looking at Dorian Gray like Art : The Mirror, The Portrait, and The Ideal

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Laia Sepúlveda Garcia; [2023]
    Keywords : Oscar Wilde; Irish Literature; Portrait; Mirror; Doubled Self; Looking At; Seeing; Perception of the Self; Art and Life; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Characterization; Oscar Wilde s philosophy; Art for Art s Sake ; Apprehension of reality; Semi-art figure; Human-like;

    Abstract : This research delves into the complex themes of perception, art, and self in Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Drawing from Wilde's philosophy of "Art for Art's Sake," the study explores the characterization of Dorian Gray through the perspectives of Lord Henry and Basil Hallward. READ MORE

  4. 3. Boredom and Moral Decay : Oscar Wilde's Criticism of the Baudelairean Dandy in The Picture of Dorian Gray

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Nora Pettersson; [2023]
    Keywords : The Picture of Dorian Gray; ennui; Baudelaire; Wilde;

    Abstract : This essay examines the role of ennui in Dorian Gray’s moral decline in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. By applying Charles Baudelaire’s concept of ennui as the malady of the modern age and his promotion of dandyism as an escape from the “immoral” modern utilitarian society, it argues that Wilde challenges Baudelaire’s philosophy since Dorian suffers from depression as a result of yielding to all of his desires. READ MORE

  5. 4. An Ecocritical Analysis of Oscar Wilde’s A House of Pomegranates : Human- Nonhuman Interactions in the Fairy Tales

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Eva Aramian; [2022]
    Keywords : Ecocriticism; Victorian ecocriticism; Animal Studies; Oscar Wilde; Fairy tales; Human-nonhuman interaction; Transformation.;

    Abstract : Abstract   This thesis investigates the interactions between human and nonhuman characters that express a particular concern regarding nature and the environment in Oscar Wilde's four fairy tales in A House of Pomegranates. The author utilizes a significant number of nonhuman characters to communicate with humans, which is a fairy-tale convention in which truth wins over falsehood, kindness is rewarded, and virtue triumphs over evil. READ MORE

  6. 5. ‘The Fisherman and his Soul’ Revalued : A Significant and Singular Fairy Tale in Oscar Wilde’s Work

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Quentin CAIZERGUES; [2022]
    Keywords : Oscar Wilde; The Fisherman and his Soul; fairy-tales studies; aestheticism; social critique; Victorian studies; Hans Christian Andersen; The Little Mermaid;

    Abstract : The period 1889-1891 has been regarded as crucial in Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) career. Having been somewhat unsuccessful as a writer during the 1880s, and turning to journalism to earn a living, Wilde in this period saw the publication of his dialogues which led to his sole novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (hereafter, Dorian), serialised in 1890 before being republished as a novel in 1891. READ MORE