In The Importance of Being Earnest,Oscar Wilde constructs a dandies’world,in which the persons mock at everything and subvert everything.This research analyzes the dandyish features of the character with the aid of C...In The Importance of Being Earnest,Oscar Wilde constructs a dandies’world,in which the persons mock at everything and subvert everything.This research analyzes the dandyish features of the character with the aid of Charles Baudelaire’s definition of dandy and dandyism,and studies Wilde’s subversion of the preexistent binary oppositions by referring to Jonathan Culler’s interpretation of Jacque Derrida’s deconstruction,and points out that Wilde’s writing in Earnest is a deconstructionist writing.He abandons all the so-called essential matters and only focuses on linguistic surface and comic effect.His stance of dandyism challenges the main-stream social norms at his time and foresees the coming artistic trend.展开更多
Dandyism is a very important and significant social phenomenon in 19th century Europe, and also a means of aesthetic revolt in an urban environment. The paper focuses on how Charles Baudelaire presents his dandy＇s re...Dandyism is a very important and significant social phenomenon in 19th century Europe, and also a means of aesthetic revolt in an urban environment. The paper focuses on how Charles Baudelaire presents his dandy＇s rebellion, based on aestheticism, on the city stage. Only the city produces dandies and dandies cannot breathe without the city. On ＂stage＂, Baudelaire played different dandy roles, such as the flameur, the ragpicker, and man of letters. Walking the streets, the dandy is a member of the crowd but also isolated from it; his main duty is to observe the city and mass silently, and seek the flowers of evil.展开更多
文摘In The Importance of Being Earnest,Oscar Wilde constructs a dandies’world,in which the persons mock at everything and subvert everything.This research analyzes the dandyish features of the character with the aid of Charles Baudelaire’s definition of dandy and dandyism,and studies Wilde’s subversion of the preexistent binary oppositions by referring to Jonathan Culler’s interpretation of Jacque Derrida’s deconstruction,and points out that Wilde’s writing in Earnest is a deconstructionist writing.He abandons all the so-called essential matters and only focuses on linguistic surface and comic effect.His stance of dandyism challenges the main-stream social norms at his time and foresees the coming artistic trend.
文摘Dandyism is a very important and significant social phenomenon in 19th century Europe, and also a means of aesthetic revolt in an urban environment. The paper focuses on how Charles Baudelaire presents his dandy＇s rebellion, based on aestheticism, on the city stage. Only the city produces dandies and dandies cannot breathe without the city. On ＂stage＂, Baudelaire played different dandy roles, such as the flameur, the ragpicker, and man of letters. Walking the streets, the dandy is a member of the crowd but also isolated from it; his main duty is to observe the city and mass silently, and seek the flowers of evil.
