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Deontological analysis on Oscar Wilde’s selected fairy tales
Published 2020“…Classic fairy tale authors often use death for moral lessons due to its association with punishment towards evil characters for their actions. But Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales contradict the typical connotation of deaths, whereby his own characters experienced death or physical disfigurement. …”
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Complex truth from simple beauty: Oscar Wilde’s philosophy of art
Published 2014“…In this thesis I analyse a selection of the works of playwright, poet, novelist and essayist, Oscar Wilde, with the purpose of interpreting his philosophy of art. …”
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Negotiating existential concerns of death and meaninglessness through the grotesque in Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost
Published 2020“…Thus, this paper aims to find a point of convergence between existentialism and the grotesque by primarily focusing on how the male protagonist, Sir Simon in Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost employs the grotesque as a way to deal with existential concerns as pointed out by Irvin Yalom namely death, meaninglessness, freedom and existential isolation with an emphasis on the first two concerns. …”
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Negotiating existential concerns of death and meaninglessness through the Grotesque in Oscar Wilde’s The Centerville Ghost
Published 2020“…Thus, this paper aims to find a point of convergence between existentialism and the grotesque by primarily focusing on how the male protagonist, Sir Simon in Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost employs the grotesque as a way to deal with existential concerns as pointed out by Irvin Yalom namely death, meaninglessness, freedom and existential isolation with an emphasis on the first two concerns. …”
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Negotiating Irvin Yalom’s existential concerns through the grotesque in selected works of Oscar Wilde and Yukio Mishima
Published 2022“…Textual analysis of four selected texts by Victorian author, Oscar Wilde and Post-war Japanese author Yukio Mishima namely The Canterville Ghost (1891), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1892), Confessions of a Mask (1949) and Forbidden Colours (1951) will be conducted to portray the flexibility of the grotesque as an alternative for the characters in reacting to existential concerns. …”
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