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1、JournalofNovelAppliedSciencesAvailableonlineatwww.jnasci.org©2016JNASJournal-2016-5-2/64-70ISSN2322-5149©2016JNASPsychologicalandEthicalHedonisminOscarWilde'sThePictureofDorianGrayAtefeKaramiTorkashvand1*andLeilaBaradaranJamili21-MAofEnglishLanguageandLiterature,BoroujerdBranch,IslamicAzadUniversi
2、ty,Boroujerd,Iran2-AssistantProfessorofEnglishLanguageandLiterature,BoroujerdBranch,IslamicAzadUniversity,Boroujerd,IranCorrespondingauthor:AtefeKaramiTorkashvandABSTRACT:ThispaperinvestigatespsychologicalandethicalhedonisminOscarWilde's(1854-1900)ThePictureofDorianGray(1891),asanunsatisfyingmetho
3、dofliving.Thisphilosophyhasbeenrecommendedasthewayoffindingthebestwaytohappinessandagoodlife.Fromthefirstdayofthehistoryofhuman’sexistencetothepresenttime,‘pleasure’hasbeenoneofthehighestgoals,andwhathasgivenformtohuman'sbehavior.PleasureistheindispensableprincipleofthephilosophyofHedonism.Wildewa
4、sanintelligentIrishwriter,poet,essayist,dandy,playwright,novelist,andepigrammatist.ThePictureofDorianGray,asadark,sardonic,gothicandsupernaturalnovel,wasthetopicofmuchcontroversyattime.Thenovelisoneofthebestexamplesofhedonismwhichshowsthestartofseeking,andexperiencingkindsofpleasure;moreover,itoff
5、erssomeoutcomesofusingitinthemostartisticandaestheticway.Thispaperwilldiscussthesmoothtransformationoftheprotagonistindetails.WildedesignatedhedonisminThePictureofDorianGray,byinjectingtheideaofseekingpleasureintotheprotagonist'smindandlife.DorianGrayfollowshedonismandgivesfreedomtoallhisdesires,a
6、ndseeksanykindofpleasure.Accordinglytheoutcomeoflivingapleasure-basedlifewouldbethesubjectofconsiderablethinkinganddiscussion.Keywords:EthicalHedonism,Happiness,Hedonism,PsychologicalHedonism,UnsatisfyingMethod.INTRODUCTIONThefirsttendencyofmanistospendtheenergytowhichheisendowed,inbuildingupforhi
7、mselfanorderedworldofcustoms,institutions,andlaws.Amanthrowshimselfintosomepursuit.Theaccumulationofafortuneforhimselfandhisfamily,theachievementoffameasamanofscience,anartist,orathinker;buttheassumptioninallofth