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OscarWilde奥斯卡.王尔德ContentsAestheticmovement1WhoisWilde2Hisplay3ThePictureofDorianGray4AestheticmovementTheBritishdecadentwritersweredeeplyinfluencedbytheOxforddonWalterPaterandhisessayspublishedin1867–68,inwhichhestatedthatlifehadtobelivedintensely,followinganidealofbeauty.HisStudiesintheHistoryoftheRenaissance(1873)becameasacredtextforart-centricyoungmenoftheVictorianera.Decadentwritersusedtheslogan"ArtforArt'sSake"(L'artpourl'art),coinedbythephilosopherVictorCousinandpromotedbyThéophileGautierinFrance,andassertedthattherewasnoconnectionbetweenartandmorality.

WhoisheWildwasaswashbuckling（传奇的）attention-grabber.Hewasfamousastheleaderofthelate-Victoriandecadentaestheticism.HispoetryiscommonplaceascomparedwithhisfellowwriterslikeDowsonandJohnson.Hisplaysarehumorous,clever,butlackingindepth.Wildewasfirstlyaplaywrightofcomedies.Thoughhedidnotlivelongenoughtobringhisdramaticpowersintofullplays,hisachievementinthefieldofcomedyisbynomeansnegligible.HisplaysLadyTindermere’sFan(1892),AWomanofNoImportance(1893),

AnIdealHusband(1895),andTheImportanceofBeingEarnest(1895)allenjoyedamazingpopularityinhistime.ItisgoodtoaddthatWildewroteagoodnumberofshortstories,onesizeablecollectionofwhichistheHappyPrinceandOtherTales.Theonenovelhewrote,The

PictureofDorianGray(1891),isworthmentioningbecauseittouchesuponatypicalVictoriansubject,thedividedself.Themaincharacterofthenovel,DorianGray,isahandsomeyoungmanofmeans.hevisitedhisartistfriendBasilHallward’sstudioandisfansinatedwiththeportraitBasilispainting.Itishispicture,asyoungandhandsomeasheis.Doriansecuresthepictureandlocksitawayinaroomupstairs.Hewishesthatthepicturecouldbearalltheburdenofhissinsandhisaginginsteadofhimself.HemeetsLordHenryWotton,whoprovestobehismentorofdepravedlife.Doriancontinuestoindulgeindissipation,andthepicturebecomesuglierwithtime.AtlastDoringlosespatiencewiththeincreasinglywithered,wrinkledfaceonthepicture,anddecidestodestroyit.Hestabitthroughwithaknife,andhearsadeathlyscreamfromhimself.Whenhisservantscome,theyfindthedeadbodyoftheirmasterwithafaceexactlylikethatonthepicture.Thepictureofdoriangrayhasacpuireditsownentityandhasbeenseenasanauthenticnarrativeonthenotionofthedouble,thesplitofnatureofthehumansoulandhumanexistencethatcharacterizesVictorianlifeinasense.AnotherthingtonoteaboutthebookisitsprefaceinwhichWildestatesinhistypicalaphoristicmannerthatartisseparatefrommoralityandnottobewellorbadlywritten.Thushemanagestomakethetheoryofartforart’ssakefurtherclear.Heassertionoftheimportanceofformthattheprefaceemphasizeshasbeengraduallydigestedandacceptedbylatergeneratio