FöRFATTARE
Tharani, Soraya

DATUM
2000-11-30

INSTITUTION
Språk och litteratur

SAMMANFATTNING
This essay attempts to determine whether Oscar Wilde used his plays as a means of criticising the Victorian upper-class. Chapter one gives an insight into the beliefs prevalent at that time, as well as an account of Oscar Wilde's life and philosophical views. Reference is also made to political and literary theories. Chapter two looks at "Lady Windermere's Fan" and "An Ideal Husband" as regards criticism of social mores and subversion of conventional Victorian morality. Chapter three focuses on Wilde's promotion of sexual equality with Feminism as a central point, in "A Woman of No Importance" and "The Importance of Being Earnest".

ISSN 1402-1773 / ISRN LTU-CUPP--00/82--SE / NR 2000:82