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中文摘要
再述王爾德美學：論《多利安．葛雷的畫像》呈現的顛覆現象

王爾德，英國劇作家兼評論家，在他唯一一本小說《多利安．葛雷的畫像》中以愛爾蘭作家的身份，點出維多利亞時代社會的虛偽矯情及被文化主權壓抑的現實面。此論文以三個面向－唯美美學理論、同性情慾流動及後殖民論述來反思，王爾德如何以愛爾蘭藉英國作家的身份，以藝術創作與語言倒置的筆觸來顛覆大英帝國的文化大一統的霸權。
英國文學傳統以來，王爾德的文字藝術與戲劇創作深獲好評，然而，他唯一的一本小說《多利安．葛雷的畫像》在評論家眼中被視作自身同志情感的自白，在社會階層嚴謹與權力言說的維多利亞時代，王爾德因為《多利安．葛雷的畫像》一書被社會視為反叛及不名譽的象徵，本論文為王爾德一百多年來受到扭曲不公平的評論作一平白，再次讀出他愛爾蘭傳統在英國文學上所帶來的衝擊，並影響當代及後代其他劇作家在文字語言上的懷疑與探究性。
在王爾德美學的呈現上，挑戰了十九世紀評論家阿諾德的主流美學評論，深受佩特唯美派的影響，主張十九世紀文學傳統中創作家與評論家的角色地位同等的重要，藉此以提升評論家的獨立性。論文的第二章節以傅柯的權力論述及性別變裝的言說來探討在小說中，男同志情慾的流動如何表現在藝術的創作上，藉以探討小說中三位主角心理層面的蛻變與投射。第三章以文化殖面的議題來分析，王爾德如何以文化、裝扮、面具、語言的精練來深入英國社會上流階層來揭穿文化殖民的深層手段。實是，王爾德以他機智的文字手法來揭露維多利亞時代文化社會的不真實性，進而以顛覆的美學表達深刻的愛爾蘭文學傳統。

Abstract

Re-reading Wilde’s Aestheticism: The Subversion in
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Until the 1980s, Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray was generally considered to be a flawed novel. This study aims to justify The Picture of Dorian Gray as Wilde’s aesthetic presentation and exploration of the Victorian morality in terms of allegorical reading. My thesis re-examines the nineteenth-century literary Aesthetic tradition, tracing from Pre-Raphaelite movement postulated by Ruskin, through Walter Pater’s influence, to Oscar Wilde’s advocacy of Art for Art’s Sake. From the perspective of Irish cultural nationalism, I discuss how Wilde has rebelled against the British imperialism. In Wilde’s case, as a doubly marginalized status, he has to subvert the powerful British authority and cultural hegemony by his aesthetic creation. My research focuses on analyzing the conflicts between the Victorian moral doctrines and Wilde’s aesthetic conception in The Picture of Dorian Gray. This conflicts, actually, is Wilde’s subversion against the British cultural imperialism by unmasking the colonial strategy. My thesis concludes that through Wilde’s aesthetic exemplification in The Picture of Dorian Gray, he conveys his persistent resistance against Victorian moral hypocrisy.

Introduction
Chapter One Wilde’s Aestheticism
Chapter Two The Male Body as the Source of Aesthetic and Erotic Pleasure
Chapter Three Wilde and British Cultural Imperislism
Conclusion
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