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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,*,Analysis of,The Picture of Dorian Gray,-By Jessica,What is Aestheticism?,Who are the representative writers of this school in Britain?,What are their major works?,Early in the nineteenth century there developed in France a devotion to beauty not because beauty reflected a Divine Mind,but because it was a good in itself in a materialistic world which otherwise seemed chaotic and depressing.The aesthetic movement thus rejected theories which held that the value of literature is somehow related to morality or to some of usefulness,and instead advocated the independence of art from any moral or didactic end.The implication of its slogan is Art for Arts Sake.,In England Oscar Wilde is the representative writer.,His main works are:The Picture of Dorian Gray,The Ballad of Reading Goal,etc.,General introduction,Main character,Plot,Theme,Reference,The Picture of Dorian Gray,sometimes referred to as,The Portrait of Dorian Gray,is the only published novel by,Oscar Wilde,appearing as the lead story in,Lippincotts Monthly Magazine,on 20 June 1890,printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine.,Wilde later revised this edition,making several alterations,and adding new chapters;the amended version was published by,Ward,Lock and Company,in April 1891.,The Picture of Dorian Gray,is considered a work of classic,gothic fiction,（哥特式小说）,with a strong,Faustian,theme,.（一,股颓美旳浮士德情感）,It is considered the most important master work of Wildes novels,which helped Wilde became a real famous writer.,Main Characters:,Dorian Gray,Basil Hallward,Lord Henry Wotton,Sibyl Vane,PLOT:,Dorian Gray,the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward.Then,Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton,and becomes enthralled,(,迷住,),by Lord Henrys world view.Espousing,(,信仰,),a new hedonism,（,快乐主义,）,realizing that one day his beauty will fade,Dorian whimsically(,异想天开地,),expresses a desire to sell his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has painted would age rather than him.Dorians wish is fulfilled,plunging him into debauched,(,堕落旳,),acts.The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his soul,with each sin displayed as a disfigurement,（,毁容,）,of his form,or through a sign of aging.,Themes：,Aestheticism and duplicity,Aestheticism,(or the Aesthetic Movement)is an art movement supporting the emphasis of aesthetic values more than socio-political themes for literature,fine art,music and other arts.It is a strong motif and is tied in with the concept of the,double life,.,A major theme is that aestheticism is merely an absurd abstract that only serves to disillusion rather than dignify the concept of beauty.,Wilde highlights Dorians pleasure of living a double life.Not only does Dorian enjoy this sensation in private,but he also feels keenly the terrible pleasure of a double life when attending a society gathering just 24 hours after committing a murder.,This duplicity,and indulgence is most evident in Dorians visit to the opium dens of London.Wilde conflates the images of the upper class and lower class by having the supposedly upright Dorian visit the impoverished districts of London.Lord Henry asserts that crime belongs exclusively to the lower orders.I should fancy that crime was to them what art is to us,simply a method of procuring extraordinary sensations,which suggests that Dorian is both the criminal and the,aesthete,combined in one man.,Thanks for your patience!,
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