Buchara state university m. Bakoeva, E. Muratova, M. Ochilova english literature


pointless to demand that there be any similarity between reality


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pointless to demand that there be any similarity between reality 
and its depiction in art. Thus, he was a supporter of the “art-for- 
art’s sake” doctrine.
In his plays the author mainly dealt with the life of educated 
people of refined tastes. Belonging to the privileged layer of 
society they spent their time in entertainments. In “The Importance 
o f Being Earnest” the nUtlior shows what useless lives his 
characters are leading. Some of them are obviously caricatures, 
but their outlook and mode o f behavior truthfully characterize 
London’s upper crust. Wilde rebels against their limitedness, 
strongly opposes hypocrisy, but, being a representative ofthe upper 
class himself, he is too closely connected with that very society; 
that is why his opposition bears no effective resistance.
The most popular works of the author are “The Happy Prince 
and Other Tales” (1888), “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (1891), 
and the comedies “Lady Windermere’s Fan” (1892). “A Woman 
of No Importance” (1893), “An Ideal Husband” (1895), “The 
Importance of Being Earnest” (1895). At the height ofhis popularity 
and success a tragedy struck. He was accused o f immorality


and sentenced to two years imprisonment. When released from 
prison in 1897 he lived mainly on the Continent and later in Paris. 
In 1898 he published his powerful poem, “Ballad of Reading 
Gaol”. He died in Paris in 1900.
“The Picture of Dorian Gray” is the only novel written by 
Oscar Wilde. It is centered round problems of relationship be­
tween an: and reality. In the novel the author describes the spiri­
tual life o f a young mao and touches upon many important prob­

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