《道林·格雷的画像》中的唯美主义解读_英语论文

The Interpretation of Aestheticism in The Picture of Dorian Gray  

摘要

奥斯卡·王尔德不仅是爱尔兰著名作家，诗人和剧作家，而且是唯美主义艺术运动的倡导者和唯美主义创作的实践者。“唯美主义”是以艺术的形式美作为绝对美的艺术主张，是脱离现实的技巧美，因此也被称作“耽美主义”。奥斯卡·王尔德创作的主要源泉来自于他丰富的人生经历，小说《道林·格雷的画像》是其唯一一篇长篇小说，也是其唯美主义代表作。

《道林·格雷的画像》以奇特的构思、机智的语言和巧妙的象征体现了王尔德的唯美主义追求。小说讲述了年轻貌美的格雷用灵魂做筹码获得不朽的青春，让画像承担岁月和心灵的负担。他肆无忌惮的挥霍青春，过着纸醉金迷的生活。肖像记录了他所有的罪恶，他因肖像生，也要为肖像付出死亡的代价。

本论文通过分析小说《道林· 格雷的画像》中具有象征意义的人物形象，解读王尔德“艺术模仿生活”、“艺术的至高无上性”以及“为了艺术而艺术”的唯美理论观点在小说中的体现。同时，王尔德美妙的词语和富有韵律的语言使他的作品充满修辞美，显示了他所追求的艺术风格。

关键词：奥斯卡·王尔德；唯美主义；《道林·格雷的画像》

Abstract

Oscar Wilde is not only a well-known Irish writer, poet and playwright, but also the advocate and practitioner in the Aestheticism Art Movement. "Aestheticism" is a kind of art advocate that regards the form of art as the absolute beauty, which is separated from the technical beauty in reality. Therefore, it is also called "Aesthetic Doctrine”. The main source of Oscar Wilde’s creation comes from his rich life experiences. The novel The Picture of Dorian Gray is his only novel as well as his representative work of aestheticism. With a unique perspective and aesthetic language, it became the best seller as soon as it published.

The picture of Dorian Gray reflects Wilde’s pursuit of aestheticism with peculiar plots, quick witted languages and ingenious symbols. The novel tells the story of young and beautiful man named Gray makes an exchange with his soul in order to get immortal youth. He makes the portrait bear his burden of the mind for years. He recklessly squanders his youth and lives a dissipation life. The portrait records all his sins. The portrait is made because of him and he dies for the portrait. 

This paper interprets the aesthetic theory “art imitates life", "the supremacy of art" and "art for art's sake “embodied in the novel from the symbolic figures in The Picture of Dorian Gray. At the same time, Oscar Wilde’s delicate words and rich rhythm of language makes his work full of rhetorical beauty and shows his pursuit of aesthetic style.

Key words:  Oscar Wilde  Aestheticism  The Picture of Dorian Gray