Virginia Woolf’s Ecological Writing in Her Novels
Wei Ding,
Xiaoli Wang,
Chengxing Li
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2017
Pages:
1-4
Received:
31 October 2016
Accepted:
9 March 2017
Published:
18 March 2017
Abstract: Virginia Woolf’s novels focus on the truth of life and present the real form of life, and she has a deep sympathy towards human beings and a strong sense of social responsibility. Her works belong to ecological writing. To explore her novel in the light of eco-criticism, this paper aims at analyzing her harmonious ecological concept as anti-anthropocentrism and idea of equality for all creatures, which will promote the scope of eco-criticism studies and provide a new approach to interpret her works.
Abstract: Virginia Woolf’s novels focus on the truth of life and present the real form of life, and she has a deep sympathy towards human beings and a strong sense of social responsibility. Her works belong to ecological writing. To explore her novel in the light of eco-criticism, this paper aims at analyzing her harmonious ecological concept as anti-anthrop...
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Integration of Art and Morality in Oscar Wilde's the Happy Prince
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2017
Pages:
5-11
Received:
3 March 2017
Accepted:
14 March 2017
Published:
28 March 2017
Abstract: Oscar Wilde is associated with the doctrine Art for Art's sake. He is believed to be a pure aesthete who thought of morality as being independent of art. Critics often describe the decadence literature to which Wilde belongs as being immoral, morbid, sordid, and perverse. Some critics find his story The Happy Prince an example of his homosexuality. In his short story The Happy Prince he proved to be more a moralist than an aesthete. It shows that he did not in fact apply his doctrine Art for Art's Sake. The paper shows that Wilde also believed in the inherently moralist nature of art. He believed that art can transform society into a better one through better appreciation of art. Art may also create the conditions conducive to a further development of a society. Drawing a grim picture of a town where art is not appreciated, he presents the theory that a modern welfare state cannot be constructed without art. He charts the way towards achieving such a project. He makes a statue transform a misery-stricken town into a happy one. Thus he criticizes the crude Victorian society and their hostility to his theory of aesthetics as well as their obsession with the new materialism and ugly industrialization of the age. He indicts inequality, poor living conditions and misery. The Happy Prince is a celebration of the importance of art in any modern society. He concludes his story with the idea that religion does not disapprove of art making the story his proof that he does preach morality in his art and he is far from being morbid or perverse.
Abstract: Oscar Wilde is associated with the doctrine Art for Art's sake. He is believed to be a pure aesthete who thought of morality as being independent of art. Critics often describe the decadence literature to which Wilde belongs as being immoral, morbid, sordid, and perverse. Some critics find his story The Happy Prince an example of his homosexuality....
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