从王尔德《认真的重要性》看唯美主义和道德观

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1、分类号学校代码!Q5垒2密级学号2Q!QQ2Q8Q2昼2AestheticismandMoralityinWilde，sTheImportanceofBeingEarnest从王尔德《认真的重要性》看唯美主义和道德观指导教师姓名、职称直塑捡塾撞湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二0一三年五月AestheticismandMoralityinWilde，STheImportanceofBeingEarnestAThesisSubmittedtoForeignStudiesCollegeOfHunanNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheReq

2、uirementsForTheDegreeofMasterofArtsintheSubjectofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureByTanCongUndertheSupervisionofProfessorXiaoMinghanChangsha，Hunan，May,2013AbstractOscarWildewasIrishdramatist，novelist，poet，andliterarycritic，spokesmanfortheAestheticMovementinthelatepartoftheVictorianEra．Wilde’Smostta

3、lentedcomedyofmanners，TheImportanceofBeingEarnestranksasonehaving“fewrivalsinitslanguage’’(Ellmann，“introduction"Xvi)．AstheleadingfigureofAestheticism，Wildeinsistsontheseparationofartfrommorality．Hethinksarthasnothingtodowithmoralityandartistsshouldnotdealwithmoralityintheirwoks．However,byempl

4、oyingliteraryethiccriticism，alongwithhistoricalandsocialcriticapproaches，authorofthisthesisstudiesTheImportanceofBeingEarnestandfindsthatWildenotonlytreatsmoralityinthecomedy,butalsostronglycriticizesVictorianmorality．Wilde’SaestheticideasgoagainsttherepressiveandhypocriticalVictorianmorality．

5、Wilde，inTheImportanceofBeingEarnest，stressesindividualityandimagination，whiletheVictoriansocietyrepressesboth．Victorianmoralandsocialrepressionisembodiedinimposingorthodoxideasonallthesocialmembers，regardlessoftheirgenders，classes，orreligions，anddemandingtheconformityofthesocialmemberswithorth

6、odoxy,whichhasbeeninternalizedinVictorianmoralcodes，thoughnotnecessarilyinternalizedintheVictoriansthemselves．Inhiscomedy,Wildeexposesandcriticizessuchrepressivemorality．Wildeseeksforbeautyandtruth，whileVictorianmoralityishypocritical．InTheImportanceofBeingEarnest，hypocrisyisexemplifiedinthedi

7、screpancybetweenwhattheVictoriansclaimtobeandwhattheyactuallyare．Theyallclaimtobeinconformitywiththeprevalentmoralcodeofbeingeamest，whichisofcoursenottrue，asportrays，intheirmaritalvaluesandintheirlifeattitude．attackstheVictorianmorality