Abstract

Oscar Wilde, with his great work--The Picture of Dorian Gray, draws attention not only from the literary world but also the modern society.
Wilde's aestheticism are mostly reflected by the leading role--Dorian Gray. Dorian himself is the representative of aestheticism, who is so beautiful, charming and perfect that everyone admires him, even including himself. Therefore, he makes a Faustian bargain with devil to keep his beauty forever, which shows the pure pursuit of art and some hedonistic thoughts of Wilde. Besides, all the readers will be sure of the painter Basil's homosexual tendency in the novel. Actually, Wilde himself was also a homosexual in real life. He had a clear view about himself and hoped that homosexual can be accepted by the public. His tragedy made people doubt the traditional way of thinking and the existing model of bisexual love. Then many people started thinking of the possibility of both models existing in the society. The novel shows Wilde's multiple personality and his contradictory dispositions as an artistic thinker, an aesthetic clown, a social critic, a snob, a predictor, and even a dandy. Oscar Wilde, who is so controversial and contradictory, said in his narration that "Dorian Gray is what I would like to be"(Oscar, 1891).
Aestheticism of Oscar Wilde, his homosexual tendency and multiple personality can all be found in The Picture of Dorian Gray. By exploring the relationship between Oscar Wilde and Dorian Gray, the intensive connection between them is revealed. It deserves the great research and the highest value in the literary world. The essay focuses on the relationship between Oscar Wilde and Dorian Gray from an view as objective as possible, thus to more deeply and better understand the complex figures of Oscar Wilde.

Key words:  Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, aestheticism, homosexuality, multiple-personality

摘要

奥斯卡•王尔德以及他的著名小说《道连•格雷的画像》一直以来都受到文学界以及现代社会的广泛关注。
王尔德的唯美主义大多体现在该小说的主人公道连•格雷身上。道连本身其实就是唯美主义的体现，他是如此美丽动人以至于人人都爱慕他。因此，为了青春永驻，美丽长存，他不惜一切与魔鬼做交易。这也充分显示了王尔德对于艺术的纯粹追求及其享乐主义思想。除此之外，所有读者都对画家巴兹尔在小说中表现出的同性恋倾向确信无疑。事实上，王尔德在现实生活中也确实是一个同性恋者。他对于自己有足够清醒的认识并希望同性恋可以被社会所接受。他在现实生活中经历的悲剧也让越来越多的人对传统的思考方式以及现存的异性恋模式产生质疑，许多人开始思考两种恋爱方式并行的可能性。小说还充分展示了王尔德作为艺术思考者、艺术小丑、社会批判者、势利小人、预言家甚至是花花公子的多重人格以及矛盾心理。正是这样一个充满了自我矛盾的奥斯卡•王尔德在其自述中说到“道连•格雷正是我希望成为的样子”。
奥斯卡•王尔德的唯美主义，同性恋倾向以及多重人格充分体现在《道连•格雷的画像》中。对于王尔德与道连的充分探索使其之间的深刻关系展露无遗，这是一部值得深入研究的作品，它在文学界享有至高无上的地位。本文力求尽可能客观地去分析王尔德与道连•格雷间的关系，以对王尔德研究作出贡献。

关键词：奥斯卡•王尔德；《道连•格雷的画像》；唯美主义；同性恋；多重人格