Eleven Lit - Term Three, Week Four: Oscar Wilde & Aestheticism

Why all this information?

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So, How do we use all of this new knowledge?

we need to know how our text embodies some aspects of the context of produciton: how it captures the zeitgeist, or has apsects of thoughts of relects the world that existed at the time, like ideologies, values, attitudes and more…

One: Victorian Literature & Age

The late VIctorian Period brought to light conflicting ideologies that challenged the foundation of the society itself.

You are watching and taking notes on the following to

understand the society in which the author lived and the text is set.
identify how aspects of the text integrates with the zeitgeist of the late Victorian Period.

Literature in the Victorian Era | A Historical Overview

A Visual Mind Map of the Victorian Age

Two: Oscar Wilde

Who is Oscar Wilde?

Oscar Wilde Biography: His “Wild” Life

Oscar Wilde’s Role in Literature’s “Aesthetic Movement”

Walter Pater in England and Theophile Gautier in France influenced the movement with their theorizing about it. Gautier in France said: Nothing is really beautiful unless it is useless. Everything useful is ugly for it expresses a need, and the needs of men are ignoble and disgusting, like his poor, weak nature.

Three: Aestheticism

This will hurt your brain. Take your time. Ask lots of questions.

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Take notes on the four clips below. It starts off a bit easier and does get really twisted in terms of the arguments put forward. The topic is a deeply philosophical one and will likely hurt you a little. You are not meant to get it first time through.

Take your time. Ask clarifying quesitons and have the discussions that need to take place in order to understand the concept.

You will likley discover conceptual links to TPODG throughout the text. Make note of them as you go.

It will be one we refer back to throughout our study of the text.

The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900

What is Aesthetics? (Philosophy of Art)

Aesthetic Appreciation: Crash Course Philosophy #30

Aesthetics: Crash Course Philosophy #31

Date

September 14, 2022

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