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1、TheImportanceofBeingEarnest---OscarWildeContentsWritingFeaturesThemesSuggestedEssayTopicsCommentsonthePlayBackground12345MyThoughts6BackgroundTheImportanceofBeingEarnestisaplayby OscarWilde,firstperformedon14February1895atthe StJames'sTheatre inLondon.
2、ItisWilde’smosttalentedcomedyofmanners.FeaturesofComedyofManners(风俗喜剧)SatirizesthemannersandaffectionsofasocialclassOftenrepresentedbystockcharactersPlotoftenconcernsillicit(不正当的)loveaffairorotherscandalFullofwittydialoguesVictorianera(1832-1902)TheVic
3、torianAgewasaperiodofrapidgrowth,development,andreforms.EnglandbecameatypicalcapitalistcountryandthestrugglebetweentheworkersandcapitalistsbecamethefundamentalcontradictioninEnglishsociallife.TheVictorianAgeisoneofthegreatestandmostcreativeperiodsinthe
4、historyofEnglishliterature.Themostimportantliterarymovementinthelate-VictorianperiodistheAestheticism(唯美主义),representedbyOscarWilde.AestheticismAestheticismplacesartabovelife,andholdsthatlifeshouldimitateart,notartimitatelife.Onlywhenartisforart’ssake,
5、canitbeimmortal.Wildebelievesthatartpossessesanintrinsicvalue—beauty.Thereforeitdoesnotneedtoserveanyotherpurpose,beitmoralorpolitical.ThiswasareactionagainsttheVictorianconventionofartformorality’ssake,orartformoney’ssake.Formiseverything.Wildepursues
6、theperfectuniformityofformandcontent.CharacterRelationshipJack/ErnestAlgernon/BunburyLadyBracknell’sisterGwendolenCecilyLadyBracknellGuardiancousinmothermotherLOVEbrotherWritingFeatureswittydialoguesLadyBracknell:Well,Imustsay,Algernon,thatIthinkitishi
7、ghtimethatMr.Bunburymadeuphismindwhetherhewasgoingtoliveortodie.Thisshilly-shallying(犹豫不决)withthequestionisabsurd…IwouldbemuchobligedifyouwouldaskMr.Bunbury,fromme,tobekindenoughnottohavearelapse(旧病复发)onSaturday,forIrelyonyoutoarrangemymusicforme. (Act
8、I)fullofepigrams(警句)eg:"Allwomenbecomeliketheirmothers.Thatistheirtragedy.Nomandoes.That'shis."(ActI)母亲特性中的弱点是女人的悲剧，而母性的优点则为男人所不具备，男人所缺少的这一部分同样构成他们的悲剧。verbalirony(言语反讽)Jacksays,"IaminlovewithGwendolen.Ihavecomeuptotownexpresslytopropose
