OSCAR WILDE

AND

HIS LITERARY

WORK

Автор: Морозова Галина Александровна,педагог дополнительного образования ГБОУ СОШ №87, Санкт-Петербург

1854 -1900

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• about his family?• about his interests?

• about his literary work?

Oscar Wilde. Biography. Irish-born English author, dramatist,

and poet

Born: October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland. Education: Portora Royal School, Enniskillen;Trinity College, Dublin, and at Magdalen College, Oxford.

1878 - received his BA.

1879 - began to teach Aesthetic Values in London.

1881 - His first collection of poems was published.

1884 - married Constance Lloyd had two sons: Vyvyan Holland and Cyril Holland.

1887 -1889 - worked as a reviewer for the Pall Mall Gazette.

1895 - was imprisoned.

1897 - was released.

Died: November 30, 1900, Paris, France. 

Oscar Wilde. Literary Work.

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)

The Picture of Dorian Grey (1890, 1891)

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1890, 1895)

Intentions (1891, 1913)Lord Saville's Crime and Other Stories (1891)

The House of Pomegranates (1891)Poems in Prose (1894)Ballad of Reading Gaol (1899)De Profundis (1905)Collected Works (1908, 1909)Essays and Lectures (1913)Charmides and other poems (1919)The Letters of Oscar Wilde (1962)

Comedies:

«Lady Windermere’s Fan» (1892), «A Wo man of no Importance» (1893),

«An Ideal Husband» (1895),

«The Importance of Being Earnest» (1895)

Oscar Wilde. His Famous Works

Oscar Wilde. Poetry.

Symphony in Yellow 

An omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly,

And, here and there, a passer-byShows like a little restless midge.

 Big barges full of yellow hay

Are moved against the shadowy wharf,

And, like a yellow silken scarf,The thick fog hangs along the

quay. 

The yellow leaves begin to fade And flutter from the Temple elms,

And at my feet the pale green Thames

Lies like a rod of rippled jade.

Симфония в желтом

Ползет, как желтый мотылек,Высокий омнибус с моста, Кругом прохожих суета –

Как мошки вьются вдоль дорог.

Покинув сумрачный причал,Баржа уносит желтый стог.Как шелка желтого поток,

Туман дома запеленал.

И с желтых вязов листьев ройУ Темпла пасмурно шуршит,Мерцает Темза, как нефрит,

Зеленоватой желтизной. Перевод Копостинской

Oscar Wilde. Quotes.

- Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

- The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

- The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

- Life is a nightmare that prevents one from sleeping.

- There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

- To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

- Опыт – это название, которое каждый дает своим ошибкам.- Чтобы о Вас ни говорили, хуже этого может быть только одно — когда о Вас Не говорят.- Общество удивительно терпимо. Оно прощает все, кроме гениальности.- Жизнь – это кошмар, который мешает нам спать.- Наша жизнь заключает в себе только две трагедии. Первая состоит в том, что не можешь удовлетворить всех своих желаний, вторая – когда они уже все удовлетворены.- Быть естественным – это поза, которую труднее всего удержать.- Будь собою – все остальные роли уже заняты.

Real friends should have everything in common.True friendship is free from selfishness of any kind.

Oscar Wilde "The Devoted Friend"

(1891)

Oscar Wilde «The Picture of Dorian Gray

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