The-Nightingale-and-the-Rose夜莺与玫瑰 课件.pptx

Unit5;TheAuthor;OscarWilde

(1856-1900);Artforart’ssake（艺术至上主义）;Wilde‘sfatherWilliamwasadoctorandrenownedphilanthropist(慈善家).Williamalsowrotebooksonarchaeology(考古学)andfolklore(民俗学),andhismotherJanewasasuccessfulwriter,poetandalife-longIrishnationalist(民族独立主义者)bothhighqualityartsandculture,toexert(受到)animperceptible(难以察觉的)influenceonhisinspiration(灵感)inliteratureandarts.IntheOxfordUniversitystudent,OscarWildeinfluencedbyhisteacherRuskin,togetherwiththeirowntalentandbegantryingtocreate.;InJune1855,thefamilymovedtoMerrionSquareinafashionableresidentialarea(上流社会的住宅区),whereWilde‘ssister,Isola,wasborn.Oscarwaseducatedathomeuptotheageofnine.HeattendedPortoraRoyalSchool(普拉托皇家学校)inFermanaghfromtheagesofninetosixteen.AfterleavingPortora,WildestudiedclassicsatTrinityCollege(圣三一学院),from1871to1874,sharingroomswithhisolderbrotherWilliefortwoyears.

Hewasanoutstandingstudent,andwontheBerkeleyGoldMedal(伯克利金质奖章),thehighestawardavailabletoclassicsstudentsatTrinity.HewasawardedascholarshiptoMagdalenCollege(牛津大学的莫德林学院),wherehecontinuedhisstudiesfrom1874to1878andwherehebecameapartoftheAestheticmovement,oneofitstenetsbeingtomakeanartoflife.

;Wildehadalessthanhappyrelationshipwiththeprestigious(有声望的)OxfordUnion(牛津学联).Onmatriculating(录取)intheautumnof1874,WildeappliedtojointheUnion,butfailedtobeelected,afactwhichcametolightonlyrecently.WhentheUnion‘slibrarianrequestedapresentationcopy(抄印)ofPoems,Wildecomplied(编辑).Afteradebate(争论)calledbyOliverElton,thegiftwascondemnedforsupposedplagiarism(剽窃),andreturned.WhileatMagdalen,hewontheNewdigatePrize(扭迪吉特奖)forhispoem“Ravenna”《拉芬纳》,whichhereadoutatEncaenia.;Hefailed,though,towintheChancellor’s(校长的)EnglishEssayPrizeforanessaythatwouldbepublishedpos