Oscar Wilde and the picture of Dorian Gray, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica Oscar Wilde and the picture of Dorian Gray e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) - Irland, son of a doctor -brilliant student, he attended prestigious universities -composed poetry and made lecture tours in America and England (he met Whitman) -leading figure of the aesthetic movement, art has no moral purpose (as an answer to the utilitarianism of the industrial revolution) -1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1895 The importance of being Earnest -involved in a legal case because accused of homosexuality, he spent two years in prison -he was a dandy : elegant man who uses wit and spirit to unmask the absurdities of Victorian moralism, he followed the principles of Aestheticism: art is neither moral nor immoral, there's no moral purpose but beauty itself is a supreme value The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) Plot (sul libro) Theme of the double -Victorian readers thought that the purpose of art was education and moral lessons, in this novel beauty is the unique purpose BUT there is a moral lesson --> Dorian's edonistic life leads to his own destruction, his double life is a sign of hipocrisy -moral novel Style and narrative technique -elements of the gothic novel -unobtrusive 3rd person narrator -details, words refering to the senses -painting--> Dorian's conscience, his real self