Sökning: "Oscar Wildes"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 uppsatser innehållade orden Oscar Wildes.

  1. 1. Looking at Dorian Gray like Art : The Mirror, The Portrait, and The Ideal

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Författare :Laia Sepúlveda Garcia; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Oscar Wilde; Irish Literature; Portrait; Mirror; Doubled Self; Looking At; Seeing; Perception of the Self; Art and Life; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Characterization; Oscar Wilde s philosophy; Art for Art s Sake ; Apprehension of reality; Semi-art figure; Human-like;

    Sammanfattning : This research delves into the complex themes of perception, art, and self in Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Drawing from Wilde's philosophy of "Art for Art's Sake," the study explores the characterization of Dorian Gray through the perspectives of Lord Henry and Basil Hallward. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Didaktisk potential i klassisk litteratur : Moral och sexualitet i viktorianska England och The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Författare :Jennifer Bergman; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Litteraturhistoria; litteraturdidaktik; didaktisk potential; The Picture of Dorian Gray; moral; sexualitet;

    Sammanfattning : Syftet med denna uppsats är att analysera och diskutera den didaktiska potential klassisk litteratur kan tänkas ha för den litteraturhistoriska undervisningen i gymnasieskolan. I läroplanen för ämnet svenska förklaras det hur eleverna ska få möjligheter att läsa litteratur från olika kulturer och epoker. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Boredom and Moral Decay : Oscar Wilde's Criticism of the Baudelairean Dandy in The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Författare :Nora Pettersson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :The Picture of Dorian Gray; ennui; Baudelaire; Wilde;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines the role of ennui in Dorian Gray’s moral decline in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. By applying Charles Baudelaire’s concept of ennui as the malady of the modern age and his promotion of dandyism as an escape from the “immoral” modern utilitarian society, it argues that Wilde challenges Baudelaire’s philosophy since Dorian suffers from depression as a result of yielding to all of his desires. LÄS MER

  5. 4. An Ecocritical Analysis of Oscar Wilde’s A House of Pomegranates : Human- Nonhuman Interactions in the Fairy Tales

    Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Eva Aramian; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Ecocriticism; Victorian ecocriticism; Animal Studies; Oscar Wilde; Fairy tales; Human-nonhuman interaction; Transformation.;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract   This thesis investigates the interactions between human and nonhuman characters that express a particular concern regarding nature and the environment in Oscar Wilde's four fairy tales in A House of Pomegranates. The author utilizes a significant number of nonhuman characters to communicate with humans, which is a fairy-tale convention in which truth wins over falsehood, kindness is rewarded, and virtue triumphs over evil. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Forsake Thy Art, Forsake Thyself : A Lacanian Reading of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Författare :Andreas Svensson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Mirror Stage; Imaginary; Symbolic; Psychoanalysis; The Picture of Dorian Gray;

    Sammanfattning : This essay argues, with the help of Lacanian psychoanalysis, that Dorian Gray, the protagonist in Oscar Wilde’s novel, fails to abide by the rules governed by the culture of society. It is argued that Lacan’s theories about the mirror stage develop Dorian’s character and his realizations of his true self as part of the culture which shapes him. LÄS MER