PPT-Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Importance of Being Earnest

Childhood Wildes father William Wilde was educated as a doctor was medical advisor during the Irish Census of 1841 Specialized in ear and eye diseases Opened St Marks Ophthalmic Hospital in Dublin as a service to the poor. of Being Earnest. Oscar Wilde. Pre-reading activities. Comedy. Brainstorm . comedic devices . – what do audiences find funny? How do actors. . and play writers make people laugh?. Think, Pair, Share.. Being Earnest . By Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was an extraordinary character, a coveted party guest whose witty, urbane, irreverent, wise, generous, and kind presence was sought by many. . W.B. Yeats said, “…the dinner table was Wilde’s event and made him the greatest talker of his time, and his plays and dialogues have what merit they possess from being an initiation, now a record, of his talk.”. Carmen Rado. 2012. General information. Birthname: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde. Birth date: October 16, 1854. Birth place: Dublin, Ireland. Death date: November 30, 1900. Death place: Paris, France. Period and Oscar Wilde. 1832-1900. England. Victorian Period. Queen Victoria took throne in 1837 (at 18). Long reign, died in 1901 (at 82). England became wealthiest nation . British Empire expansion . English IV, AP and Dual Credit . Oscar Wilde and the Comedy of Manners . Satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class or social classes. . Developed in some aspects in Ancient Greece, further present in the works of French dramatist, Moliere, and made famous by Wilde’s play. . A women of no importance . A.B . Walkley’s. criticism best illustrates this shift in focus. Walkley gave the play a mixed review. He commented that . Wildes. plots were not original, but brilliantly written “in point of intellect”. . The Picture of Dorian Gray. History and Biography. Oscar Wilde. Born 1854 – Dublin, Ireland. Died 1900 – Paris, France. 1884: Married Constance Lloyd. T. wo children together: Cyril and . Vyvyan. state ed Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Study Guide The Importance of Being E arnest By Robyn Brookes by Oscar Wilde BACKGROUND INFORMATION England during the Victorian Era The Victorian Era was a time in British history marked by drastic social and economic changes, conflicts, and contradictions. Na . REALISM IN THEATRE. movement in the late 19th century. steered theatrical texts and performances towards greater fidelity to real life . . (=natančna reprodukcija resničnega življenja). Princess & Connor. Author Background. Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is . seen . as one of the . greatest playwrights . of . the . whole Victorian . Era. . The Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Young Life. Irish playwright Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin to flamboyant parents: . His father was a world-renowned society surgeon and widely acknowledged philanderer. Oscar Wilde in a photo by Napoleon Sarony.. Born in . Dublin. . in . 1854. .. He became a disciple of . Walter Pater. , the theorist of aestheticism.. He became a fashionable . dandy. .. 1. Life. Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas in the 1890s. Reading Quiz (closed book). How/where do Jack and Algernon each pretend to be named “Earnest”?. Which character ends up being actually named Earnest, and how do we learn this? . Bonus: Why was Oscar Wilde among our list of horror authors in our last class? .