Oscar Wilde And His Fairy Tales I. Introduction Wilde, Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) (b. Oct. 16, 1854, Dublin, Ire ?d. Nov. 30, 1900, Paris, Fr.) Irish wit, poet and dramatist whose reputation rests on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere's Fan (1893) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1899). He was a spokesman for Aestheticism, the late19th-century movement in England that advocated art for art's sake. However, Oscar Wilde's takeoff of his enterprise and, his shaping of his characteristic
modern literary criticism, fairy tales are not only considered as the stories for children to learn morality or to explore the world of fantasy, but also a type of serious literary text open to be interpreted from different perspectives. Among all modern literary criticism, spatial theories lead critics to understand the relationships among nature, individuals and society through a multi-dimensional perspective. Therefore, to conduct a spatial analysis of Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales, this section will first
TERM PAPER ON “THE HAPPY PRINCE BY OSCAR WILDE” ARUN KUMAR #2011EE20510 INTRODUCTION: The Happy Prince is an amazing short story by Oscar Wilde who is famous for Aesthetics movement. Aestheticism was a cultural phenomenon popular in the middle of the 19th century. Its basic theory was "art for art’s sake ". Aestheticism placed art above life and held that life should imitate art, not art imitate life. The story criticizes badly the people who have
Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales have been embedded in the educational system for more than one century and a lot of children enjoyed the rich imagery that is provided in his fairy tales. Even though some critics argue that his tales were not meant for the younger audience, Wilde himself said that the tales were written for both children, and a certain class of adults as well (Duffy, 2001). However, his works can lead a reader to the understanding of his life and his views about particular topics including
Introduction 1.1 The background of research Oscar Wilde lived in Victorian era of the 19th Century while the industrial revolution was going on in the Britain. The society has undergone unprecedented change at that time. Most people were greedy and mercenary. At the same time, the capitalist system was established in Western Europe, The capitalist system plays a big role in human mind, People's world view and values view have changed a lot .The responsible Oscar Wilde is extremely dissatisfied with the hypocritical
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Corruption Through Aestheticism The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story of moral corruption by the means of aestheticism. In the novel, the well meaning artist Basil Hallward presets young Dorian Gray with a portrait of himself. After conversing with cynical Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian makes a wish which dreadfully affects his life forever. "If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that I would give everything
The Flaws in Human Nature The story is known. A boy buys magic beans from a seller, plants the bean, and a giant bean stalk sprouts. The boy climbs it and meets a giant. This giant however is not like the giant in “The Selfish Giant”, by Oscar Wilde. While reading this short story a theme at first glance did not surface. But while dissecting it, readers will see that this is a follow-up of Adam and Eve with many lessons that the reader can learn. Reading this short story will accentuate the flaws
Homosexuality in Oscar Wilde's Work "I turned half way around and saw Dorian Gray for the first time. I knew that I had come face to face with someone whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself" (7). During the Victorian era, this was a dangerous quote. The Victorian era was about progress. It was an attempt aimed at cleaning up the society and setting a moral standard. The Victorian era
accordance with the unique nonhuman point of view. Fairy tales particularly excel in enchanting their intended youthful audiences through these animal characters. Among the thousand of species a fairy tale author can select, birds, who embody noble motifs of hope, peace, and freedom, are the most frequently chosen to signify complex themes. The avian characters from “The Juniper Tree” by The Brothers Grimm and “The Nightingale and the Rose” by Oscar Wilde facilitate the plot of each narrative, establish
The Happy Prince is considered a fairy tale for many different reasons but the two traits which I have chosen to discuss are the fantasy elements of the story and the moral at the end. The fantasy elements in this story are the talking swallow and the talking statue. When an unlikely bond is formed between the two, children are shown the importance of generosity. An interesting element to this fairy tale that makes it stand out in my mind is the fact that Wilde demoralises beauty and the end result