Title of article
The Gender Awareness of Oscar Wilde: Comparison between His Women Characters and Men Characters
Author/Authors
Li ، Yingyi China Agricultural University , Yi ، Li China Agricultural University
Pages
6
From page
1020
To page
1025
Abstract
Oscar Wilde has been well known in two aspects: an aesthete and a homosexual. This paper intended to indulge in his gender awareness by the comparison between his women character depiction and men character depiction from one of his novels, the Picture of Dorian Grey , and three plays of his: An Ideal Husband, Lady Windermere’s Fan and Salome. In the end, we got a conclusion that his personal life attributed to his ambiguous awareness on the women characters.
Keywords
gender awareness , character depiction , orientation , Wilde
Journal title
Journal of Language Teaching and Research
Serial Year
2015
Journal title
Journal of Language Teaching and Research
Record number
2482903
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