Essays about: "aestheticism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word aestheticism.

1. 1. ‘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

3. 2. The Happy Prince : A Paradoxical Aesthetic Tale and a Dual Critique of Victorian Times

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Quentin Caizergues; [2020]
   Keywords : Oscar Wilde; The Happy Prince; fairy tale; aestheticism; moral standards; social satire; Victorian society; Christian values;

   Abstract : This essay highlights The Happy Prince’s advantageous use of conventions of the fairy tale genre to stress critical issues of the Victorian period: the challenge of the established Christian socio-moral order, the rising of the bourgeois industrial society, and the advent of aestheticism as a response. Using the close reading technique supported by the Victorian socio-historical background, the analysis establishes that the criticism proceeds by double associations. READ MORE

4. 3. Aesthetic Principles in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray

   University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

   Author : Sara Gustafsson; [2011]
   Keywords : Aestheticism Dorian Gray;

   Abstract : This study problematizes the criticism Oscar Wilde received for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and aims to explore the aesthetic style he employed when writing the novel. The theoretical approach used in this essay is based on the perspectives of New Historicism; Wilde’s life and how people reasoned during his lifetime are brought into focus and different influences on his work are examined, especially evidence of biographical aspects as well as aesthetic elements in the novel. READ MORE

5. 4. Leading Beautifully : Towards a more efficient and legitimate future

   University essay from Handelshögskolan BBS

   Author : Maud Durieu; Anne-Laure Guesné; [2009]
   Keywords : Aesthetics; Beauty; Relational Phenomenon; Virtues;

   Abstract : Most of the literature explores ethics through the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, but little is written on Virtue-Ethics; in the sense of an individualistic quest towards human values and virtues. This Report “innovates” in the sense that it explores the concept of aestheticism when applied to business practices. READ MORE

6. 5. Homoerotic Codes in The Picture of Dorian Gray

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Luljeta Muriqi; [2007]
   Keywords : English language and literature; Hellenism; esteticism; aestheticism; homoerotiska koder; Oscar Wilde; homoeroticism; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Although Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is considered to be one of the best known homoerotic novels ever written, the novel does not contain any explicit statements of homoeroticism which leaves the novel to be more of a suggestive work of such a theme. The aim of this essay is to examine some of the different codes used by Wilde to show a homoerotic theme in The Picture of Dorian Gray. READ MORE