離不開道德的唯美—論王爾德的道連格雷的畫像

1、重慶大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文離不開道德的唯美—論王爾德的《道連·格雷的畫像》姓名：張?zhí)暾垖W(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：蒲度戎2010-05M.A. Dissertation of Chongqing University ABSTRACT II ABSTRACT Irish born dramatist, essayist, novelist and

2、poet, Oscar Wilde is an outstanding representative of aestheticism and an active advocate of the nineteenth-century “Art for Art’s Sake” Movement in Britain. He has long been considered as a controversial figure, and man

3、y critics have pointed out the contradictory nature of his aesthetic theories. Although Wilde’s only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is considered the best work to embody his artistic taste, it reflects conflicts betw

4、een his artistic proposition and practice. Holding the banner of “Art for Art’s Sake”, Wilde pursues “pure beauty” and “formal beauty”. He insists that in literary creation art should be detached from reality; it is life

5、 and nature that imitate art, not art imitates life and nature; art should not be restrained by morality. Art is useless and independent. Witnessing the social and moral corruption and degradation in London, Wilde attemp

6、ts to mold Dorian, an aesthetic image isolated from reality, to get comfort for his soul. Unfortunately, this is merely a utopia and Dorian can not shake off the chain of real life and morality from the very beginning on

7、 and loses his life in the end. This thesis contains five parts. Chapter I is an introduction, including literature review, the purpose and significance as well as the method of the study. Chapter II investigates the aes

8、thetic proposition experimented in Wilde’s novel. Chapter III analyses Dorian in the picture and its moral metaphor, points out in detail the relation between Dorian and the picture and discusses that the picture is the

9、carrier of morality. Chapter IV explores Wilde’s futile intention and efforts to realize his aesthetic ideal by concealing morality. The last chapter is the conclusion. Based on the above analysis and close reading of th

10、e novel, the thesis holds the idea that at the crossroad between ideal and reality, between aestheticism and morality, Wilde’s hate and love and pursuit make him an individual of contradictions who bleeds upon the thorns