Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).ppt

1、Oscar Wilde （1854-1900）,Teaching objectives: knowing Oscar Wildes life and important works,Teaching contents:,1. Introduction 2. Main works 3. The Picture of Dorian Gray 3.1 Main characters 3.2 The plot 3.3 The theme,1. Introduction: his Life,Oscar Wilde was born in Ireland, the son of an Irish surg

2、eon. He graduated from Oxford. He started by writing poetry and stories and essays, and then achieved fame with his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and his comedies. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered s

3、eries of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years after being convicted of gross indecency with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain. Before his departure from England, he

4、 had been divorced and declared a bankrupt, and in France he had to rely on friends for financial support. Wilde died and was buried in Paris.,Statue of Oscar Wilde by in Dublins Merrion Square (Archbishop Ryan Park),The tomb of Oscar Wilde in Pre Lachaise Cemetery,FAST FACTS,Birthname: Oscar Fingal

5、 OFlahertie Wills WildeBirth date: October 16, 1854Birth place: Dublin, IrelandDeath date: November 30, 1900Death place: Paris, FranceBurial: La Pre Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, FranceHair color: BrownEye color: GreyHigh school: Portora Royal SchoolCollege: Trinity College, Magdalen CollegeOccupation:

6、Playwright, novelist, poet, editorParents: Sir William Wilde and Jane Francesca ElgeeSiblings: Henry, Emily, Mary, William, IsolaSpouse: Constance LloydChildren: Cyril and Vyvyan,2. Main works,1888 The Happy Prince and Other Tales1891 The Picture of Dorian Gray1892 Lady Windermeres Fan1893 A Woman o

7、f No Importance1895 An Ideal Husband1895 The Importance of Being Earnest1898 The Ballad of Reading Gaol,3. The Picture of Dorian Gray,3.1 Main characters,Dorian Gray: a handsome youth Howard Basil: a painter, Dorians friend Lord Henry Wotton: an immoral and degenerate hedonist Sybil Vane: an actress

8、 Alan Campbell: a chemist,3.2 The plot,In the novel the hero Dorian Gray was at first a handsome and innocent youth, and the painter Howard Basil drew a picture of him. Then Dorian met Lord Henry Wotton, an extremely immoral and degenerate hedonist, and fell under the latters vicious influence, and

9、became a hedonist and indulged in all sorts of depravity, until he even killed Howard who tried to give him advice. Dorian continued to look as innocent and as handsome as before, but his picture painted by Howard looked terrible. Then one night he stabbed at the picture with a knife but the result

10、was that he had stabbed himself and now he looked terrible but the picture appeared as handsome and innocent as before.,3.3 The theme,The Picture of Dorian Gray is the classic tale of vanity written by Oscar Wilde. The book highlights the tension between the polished surface of high life and the lif

11、e of secret vice. Although sin is punished in the end, the book has a strong flavour of the work of decadence, illustrating Wildes view of art for arts sake. Wilde asserts in his preface to the expanded edition: There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly wr

12、itten. That is all.”,4. 40 Quotes of Oscar Wilde,1. A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. 2. A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. 3. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. 4. America is the only country t

13、hat went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. 5. Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. 6. Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing. 7. Biography lends to death a new terror. 8. Fashion is a form of ugliness so

14、intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. 9. I am not young enough to know everything. 10. I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability,11. I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again. 1

15、2. Illusion is the first of all pleasures. 13. It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. 14. Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event. 15. One shou

16、ld always play fairly when one has the winning cards. 16. Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. 17. Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. 18. The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself. 19. The

17、only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. 20. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.,21. To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity. 22. Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

18、 23. The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated. 24. I dont play accurately-any one can play accurately- but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, s

19、entiment is my forte. I keep science for Life. 25. When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. 26. Work is the curse of the drinking classes. 27. My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other peoples. 28. I can resist anything but temptation. 29. Life is far too important a

20、thing ever to talk seriously about. 30. Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.,31. Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. 32. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. 33. What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. 34. Vile deed