《快乐王子》中唯美主义与道德的交锋

Aestheticism and Morality: A Case Study of Happy Prince

王尔德唯美主义的世界观摒弃道德的束缚,寻求自身的最大自由。他主张艺术高于生活,艺术与道德无关。他的两本童话故事集致力于创造出超越道德的唯美艺术形象。然而耐人寻味的是,他的童话作品中,却随处可见"道德"的影子。王尔德在《快乐王子》中所塑造的快乐王子和燕子这两个角色,其实在一定程度上是作者理想化的道德准则的体现。王尔德在情感和理智的交叉点上行走,却始终无法避免把生活的戏和内心的戏交织到一起。

Oscar Wilde devotes his life to the pursuit of aestheticism, which confirms his intention to break away from the restrctions of morality and seek the individual freedom to the best~ He claims that art has nothing to do with morality and it transcends the realistic life~ The two collections of his fairy tales focus on creating the aesthetic artistic images that are far beyond morality. However, the embod- iment of moral values is seen everywhere in his fairy tales. Take Happy Prince as an example. The two images of Happy Prince and Swallow are, to some degree, the reflections of Wilde＇ s idealized moral principles. Wilde marches on between sense and sensibility, not being able to avoid creating stories that get the realistic world and his inner ideals involved.