Abstract

Oscar Wilde is a famous writer in Victorian era and he is one of most influential aesthetes who advocate “art for art’s sake”. In his social comedies, An Ideal Husband is a hit and a well-organized comedy, which is studied by large quantities of scholars at home and abroad, who studied its aestheticism, dandyism, the formalist feature, awareness of new women and binary oppositions. This thesis, from the perspective of social ethics, focuses on three ideals in An Ideal Husband. The thesis, combining the analyses of Oscar Wilde and the Victorian era, studies the whole comedy through comparison and contrast, analyzes the conflicts between characters’ opinions on husbands and life and explores the discussions of distorted relationships and harmonious ones. The thesis comes out three conclusions during the analyses: an ideal husband can make his wife and himself know and appreciate each other well; an ideal life is an honest, happy and free life; communications are sincere, kind and harmonious in an ideal relationship.

Key Words: Oscar Wilde; An Ideal Husband; ideal husband; ideal life; ideal relationship

摘要

奥斯卡·王尔德是维多利亚时期的著名作家，他也是最具影响力之一的唯美主义者， 他提倡“为艺术而艺术”。在王尔德的社会喜剧中，《理想丈夫》一炮而红，设计精巧，为众多海内外学者追捧。学者们研究其唯美主义、纨绔主义、形式特征、新女性意识以及二元对立等等。本论文从社会伦理角度，聚焦于反映《理想丈夫》中隐含的三种理想。论文通过研读作品，对比分析剧中不同人物对于丈夫、生活的看法的冲突，以及对比剖析剧中的扭曲的人际关系和和谐的人际关系，并结合王尔德的理想和维多利亚时代特点，得出了以下结论：能使夫妻双方相互了解、欣赏的丈夫是理想丈夫；真实自由快乐的生活是理想生活；真诚、友善而和谐的交往促进理想的人际关系。

关键词：王尔德；《理想丈夫》；理想丈夫；理想生活；理想的人际关系