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Oscar Wilde

(1854-1900)

 

Oscar Wilde was the most outstanding representative of Decadence. He was the son of a well-known Irish physician. In his youth he was very much influenced by his mother, who was a highly educated woman. She wrote poetry and was the Irish patriot.

Wilde’s youth coincided with the increasing crisis of bourgeois culture and heyday of Aestheticism. The vulgarity of bourgeois life in general, the money-making fever  of the  society, its hypocritical approach to moral standards, all this made the young man turn to the movement of the day – aestheticism. Attracted by its search for beauty and its motto “Art for Art’s Sake”, Wilde became an aesthete and was very soon considered the leading figure of the movement.

One of his most famous works is “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.

This is Wilde’s most important work: in it he conveys his main views on life.

Dorian Gray, a beautiful young boy, dreams of preserving forever his youth and beauty. Basil Hallward, a fine artist, creates  a portrait of the boy. The portrait has an extraordinary quality. It reflects all the changes in the appearance of the young man brought about by time. At the same time the appearance of Dorian Gray himself remains untouched.

Bazil Hallward, defending Dorian, whom he loves dearly, struggles with all his might against the destructive influence of Lord Henry, who has found the way to the boy’s soul. Lord Henry considers that life must be lived in such a way as to bring a person all   the pleasure he desires. These two men, who represent Good and Evil, struggle for Dorian and finally Lord Henry wins him over. Dorian begins to live a life entirely outside the line of morals, commits a number of crimes.

The picture, hidden away by Dorian in a small room that he keeps locked, reflects the terrible degradation of a man who stops at nothing in pursuit of pleasure. However there comes a moment when this terrible picture causes misgivings in Dorian’s soul. He wants it also to regain its initial youth and beauty; he wants to efface all the signs of degradation from the portrait that has turned out to be his soul. Finally, he attacks the portrait with a knife.

When people enter the room they see the portrait of a lovely youth and a horrible old man, wrinkled and disgusting in appearance, lying dead on the floor with a knife in his heart.

Thus Wilde discloses his idea of Art being superior to life; it was in the work of art that the repulsive nature of the man was seen while those who saw him alive noticed no change in his appearance.

To win over                             завоевать

Pursuit                                     преследование, погоня; daily pursuits повседневные дела

misgiving                                 дурное предчувствие, опасение

repulsive                                 отталкивающий

 

 

Oscar Wilde

(1854-1900)

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Oscar Wilde was the most outstanding representative of Decadence. He was the son of a well-known Irish physician. In his youth he was very much influenced by his mother, who was a highly educated woman. She wrote poetry and was the Irish patriot.

Wilde’s youth coincided with the increasing crisis of bourgeois culture and heyday of Aestheticism. The vulgarity of bourgeois life in general, the money-making fever  of the  society, its hypocritical approach to moral standards, all this made the young man turn to the movement of the day – aestheticism. Attracted by its search for beauty and its motto “Art for Art’s Sake”, Wilde became an aesthete and was very soon considered the leading figure of the movement.

One of his most famous works is “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.

This is Wilde’s most important work: in it he conveys his main views on life.

Dorian Gray, a beautiful young boy, dreams of preserving forever his youth and beauty. Basil Hallward, a fine artist, creates  a portrait of the boy. The portrait has an extraordinary quality. It reflects all the changes in the appearance of the young man brought about by time. At the same time the appearance of Dorian Gray himself remains untouched.

Bazil Hallward, defending Dorian, whom he loves dearly, struggles with all his might against the destructive influence of Lord Henry, who has found the way to the boy’s soul. Lord Henry considers that life must be lived in such a way as to bring a person all   the pleasure he desires. These two men, who represent Good and Evil, struggle for Dorian and finally Lord Henry wins him over. Dorian begins to live a life entirely outside the line of morals, commits a number of crimes.

The picture, hidden away by Dorian in a small room that he keeps locked, reflects the terrible degradation of a man who stops at nothing in pursuit of pleasure. However there comes a moment when this terrible picture causes misgivings in Dorian’s soul. He wants it also to regain its initial youth and beauty; he wants to efface all the signs of degradation from the portrait that has turned out to be his soul. Finally, he attacks the portrait with a knife.

When people enter the room they see the portrait of a lovely youth and a horrible old man, wrinkled and disgusting in appearance, lying dead on the floor with a knife in his heart.

Thus Wilde discloses his idea of Art being superior to life; it was in the work of art that the repulsive nature of the man was seen while those who saw him alive noticed no change in his appearance.

To win over                             завоевать

Pursuit                                     преследование, погоня; daily pursuits повседневные дела

misgiving                                 дурное предчувствие, опасение

repulsive                                 отталкивающий