The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, Dorian: An Imitation, Will Self: the aspects of the libertine novel through a continuous myth, 2019
This thesis explores the works of Oscar Wilde and Will Self in order to show how the myth of
Dori... more This thesis explores the works of Oscar Wilde and Will Self in order to show how the myth of Dorian Gray managed to be adapted in Will Self’s postmodernist novel. Wilde already had postmodernist thoughts before the arrival of this movement in literature, and it helped him become popular and write his famous novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). This thesis aims at showing that the works of Oscar Wilde and Will Self belong to the libertine tradition and that Dorian: An Imitation is indeed a modernisation of Wilde’s Victorian novel. This thesis also lays the emphasis on the notions of aestheticism, hedonism and individualism present in these novels. Wilde and Self are both known for their infamy and their desire to provoke their readers. In their novels, Wilde and Self advocate their principle of life that is to break free from any moral hypocrisy and yield to one’s pleasures and desires; so much so that they end up shocking their audiences.
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, Dorian: An Imitation, Will Self: the aspects of the libertine novel through a continuous myth, 2019
This thesis explores the works of Oscar Wilde and Will Self in order to show how the myth of
Dori... more This thesis explores the works of Oscar Wilde and Will Self in order to show how the myth of Dorian Gray managed to be adapted in Will Self’s postmodernist novel. Wilde already had postmodernist thoughts before the arrival of this movement in literature, and it helped him become popular and write his famous novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). This thesis aims at showing that the works of Oscar Wilde and Will Self belong to the libertine tradition and that Dorian: An Imitation is indeed a modernisation of Wilde’s Victorian novel. This thesis also lays the emphasis on the notions of aestheticism, hedonism and individualism present in these novels. Wilde and Self are both known for their infamy and their desire to provoke their readers. In their novels, Wilde and Self advocate their principle of life that is to break free from any moral hypocrisy and yield to one’s pleasures and desires; so much so that they end up shocking their audiences.
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Dorian Gray managed to be adapted in Will Self’s postmodernist novel. Wilde already had postmodernist thoughts before the arrival of this movement in literature, and it helped him become popular and write his famous novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). This thesis aims at showing
that the works of Oscar Wilde and Will Self belong to the libertine tradition and that Dorian: An
Imitation is indeed a modernisation of Wilde’s Victorian novel. This thesis also lays the emphasis
on the notions of aestheticism, hedonism and individualism present in these novels. Wilde and Self
are both known for their infamy and their desire to provoke their readers. In their novels, Wilde and
Self advocate their principle of life that is to break free from any moral hypocrisy and yield to one’s
pleasures and desires; so much so that they end up shocking their audiences.
Dorian Gray managed to be adapted in Will Self’s postmodernist novel. Wilde already had postmodernist thoughts before the arrival of this movement in literature, and it helped him become popular and write his famous novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). This thesis aims at showing
that the works of Oscar Wilde and Will Self belong to the libertine tradition and that Dorian: An
Imitation is indeed a modernisation of Wilde’s Victorian novel. This thesis also lays the emphasis
on the notions of aestheticism, hedonism and individualism present in these novels. Wilde and Self
are both known for their infamy and their desire to provoke their readers. In their novels, Wilde and
Self advocate their principle of life that is to break free from any moral hypocrisy and yield to one’s
pleasures and desires; so much so that they end up shocking their audiences.