He became famous in London as a poet , a writer and dramatist . His most famous works are the play “The importance of Being Earnest’’ and the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray ”.
王莉 蔡仲玉
Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin , Ireland , in 1854 .After he finished his Oxford education in Ireland ,he studied at _____ University in England .He was an excellent scholar . He travelled widely in Europe and made many friends. But he also made many enemies .He dressed in flamboyant clothes and had unusual opinions about religion and life.
Asked Gwendolyn to marry him, but Lady Bracknell refused him Came back to the countryside and found that Algernon also used the name "Earnest" Cecily fell in love with Algernon at first sight
But after the coming of Gwendolyn and Lady Bracknell, there was a sharp conflict Everything was explained and a happy ending
plot
Earnest Worthing, actually called "Jack", is the guardian of Cecily Jack often went to London to visit Algernon and Gwendolyn, a girl he was in love with Created a unreal name "Earnest" as his brother's name to be the excuse of going to London
His conversation was very witty: he went to many parties and was very popular .
Unfortunately ,he was involved in a trial for immoral conduct .Many of his friends did not defend him: He was sent to prison for two years. After he was released , he lied in France . The last years of his life were very sad .He died in 1900 .
Poetry
• Poems，1891年 《詩集》 • Sphinx，1894年 《斯芬克斯》 • The Ballad of Reading Gaol ，1898年
《瑞丁監獄之歌》 •
Wilde’s aestheticism 唯美主义
• It happened in late Victorian, roughly from 1868 lasted until 1901, usually academics think aestheticism movement was end for signs of Oscar Wilde’s arrested. • Oscar Wilde adopted the aesthetical ideal: he affirmed “my life is like a work of art’’ . • His aestheticism clashed with the didacticism (启蒙主义）of Victorian novels.
Plays
Lady Windermere’s Fan ，
《温德米尔夫人的扇子》 Salomé，1893年 《莎乐美》 （原著用法語寫成） A Woman of No Importance ， 1893年 《無足輕重的女人》
The Importance of Being Earnest，
1895年 《认真的重要性》
His Works
Novel
The Picture of Dorian ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ray，1891年 《道林·格雷的画像》
Fairy Tale
The Happy Prince and Other Tales，
1888年 《快樂王子和其他故事》 A House of Pomegranates，1891年 《石榴屋》
The Importance of Being Earnest
Wilde's most enduringly popular play set in England during the late Victorian era The protagonists: two young aristocratic men Earnest Worthing Algernon Moncrieff
• The artist :the creator of beautiful things . • Art: used only to celebrate beauty and the sensorial (感觉的）pleasures. • Virtue and vice : employed by the artist as raw material in his art——No artist has No ethical sympathies . An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable (不可饶恕 的）mannerism of style <the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray >
He liked to be the centre of attention .In 1882,Oscar Wilde went on a lecture tour of USA .He married in1884 . He and his wife, Constance ,had two sons .He wrote his most famous _____ The Happy Prince ”, for children’s story,“ his sons .