Between Irony and Decadence: Oscar Wilde's Portrayal of the Upper Class
| Thesis title in Czech: | Na pomezí ironie a dekadence: Portrét horní třídy z pohledu Oscara Wilda |
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| Thesis title in English: | Between Irony and Decadence: Oscar Wilde's Portrayal of the Upper Class |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2010/2011 |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL) |
| Supervisor: | doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned by the advisor |
| Date of registration: | 08.11.2010 |
| Date of assignment: | 28.03.2011 |
| Date and time of defence: | 02.06.2011 00:00 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 06.04.2011 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 02.06.2011 |
| Course: | Diploma Thesis (OSZD001) |
| Opponents: | doc. PhDr. Anna Grmelová, CSc. |
| References |
| Harris, Frank. Oscar Wild: His Life and Confessions. New York: Frank Harris, 1918.
Moffet, Timothy. The life & times of Oscar Wilde. 1994. Ojala, Aatos. Aestheticism and Oscar Wilde. Part II, Literary Style. Helsinki: 1955. Wilde, Oscar. A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Richard Ellmann. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1969. Wilde, Oscar. A Critical Edition of the Major Works. Ed. Isobel Murray. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Wilde, Oscar. Literary criticism of Oscar Wilde. Ed. Stanley Weintraub. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968. Wilde, Oscar. The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde. Ed. Richard Ellmann. New York: Random House, 1969. |
| Preliminary scope of work in English |
| The work will deal with Oscar Wilde's perception of the upper class, the ways which Wilde uses to portray this social milieu and its typical features in his selected works. A special focus will be put on the writer's philosophy of Aestheticism and Decadence. It will also contain an analysis of Wilde's conception of morality and immorality, mainly in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Other works which the thesis will discuss are The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere's Fan. |