Oscar-Wilde英国文学-教学.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,Oscar Wilde 1854-1900,“art for arts sake”,I.Life,1854 Dublin,Ireland.Fathera physicist,motherpoet,writer,1871-1974 Classical lit.at Trinity College,Dublin,1874 Magdalen College,Oxford,1876-1877 Greek and Italy.,1891 met Lord Alfred Douglas“Bosie”,1892-1895 four plays established his fame.,Salome,.,Lady Windermeres Fan,.,An Ideal Husband,.,The Importance of Being Ernest,.,1895-1897 served his sentence at the Reading Gaol.the charge gross indecency for homosexual acts.,1900 died of meningitis in Paris.,Wildes Wit:Quotable Quotes,A little sincerity is a dangerous thing,and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.,A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.,Always forgive your enemies;nothing annoys them so much.,Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.,If you want to tell people the truth,make them laugh,otherwise theyll kill you.,Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someone elses opinions,their lives a mimicry,their passions a quotation.,III Plays,The Importance of Being Ernest,The Characters,John(known as Jack)Worthing,alias Ernest Worthing,Algernon Moncrieff,friend of John,Lady Bracknell,Algernons aunt,Gwendolen Fairfax,daughter of Lady Bracknell,Cecily Cardew,ward of John Worthing,The Theme,The Importance of Being Earnest,is funny all the time.There is nothing earnest about this play,at least on the surface.Its a satire of theVictorian era,when an intricate code of behavior governed everything from communication to sexuality.The most important rules applied to marriage always a popular topic in Victorian plays,and one that interested Wilde,who was married to a woman but sexually involved with men.During the Victorian period,marriage was about protecting your resources,and keeping socially unacceptable impulses under control.We can see this at work usually when the social referee,Lady Bracknell,blows her whistle.Her two main concerns are class and money.,Jack,is a no-go because he doesnt know who his parents are(i.e.,his class is unknown).,Lady Bracknell,is concerned that he might be a butler in disguise who will squander her daughter,Gwendolen,s wealth.One character in particular,Cecily,becomes a lot more interesting when her fortune is mentioned.The ridiculous end of the play three engagements in five minutes is a happy one because everyone gets together.But think about it they only get together because their social and economic fitness for each other is demonstrated.,For Study and Discussion,Find examples in Act One that can best show Wildes comic wit.,E.g.When Jack admits he smokes,Lady Bracknell responds:“I am glad to hear it.A man should always have an occupation of some kind.”Even smoking serves as a profession here,implying to readers that upper-class young men could be idle indeed.Notice the funny,ironic tone.,Influence from French Symbolism,THE YOUNG SYRIAN,How beautiful is the Princess Salome to-night!,THE PAGE OF HERODIAS,Look at the moon.How strange the moon seems!She is like a woman rising from a tomb.She is like a dead woman.One might fancy she was looking for dead things.,THE YOUNG SYRIAN,She has a strange look.She is like a little princess who wears a yellow veil,and whose feet are of silver.She is like a princess who has little white doves for feet.One might fancy she was dancing.,THE PAGE OF HERODIAS,She is like a woman who is dead.She moves very slowly.,