Презентация по английскому языку на темуBritish writers. Oscar Wilde


Oscar Wilde Born Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde16 October 1854Dublin, IrelandDied 30 November 1900 (aged 46)Paris, FranceOccupation Author, poet, playwrightLanguageEnglish, FrenchNationalityIrishEducationPortora Royal SchoolAlma mater Trinity College, DublinMagdalen College, OxfordPeriod Victorian eraGenre Drama, short story, criticism, dialogue, journalismLiterary movementAestheticismNotable worksThe Importance of Being EarnestThe Picture of Dorian GraySpouseConstance Lloyd (1884–98)Children Cyril Holland, Vyvyan HollandRelatives Sir William Wilde, Jane, Lady Wilde, Willie WildeOscar Wilde’s biography Oscar Wilde is a famous English writer of the 19th century, Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854. His mother wrote poetry, and she taught him to love literature.He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. Soon after leaving university his first volume of poetry, "Patience" was published.Oscar Wilde is a famous English writer Oscar Wilde married Constance Lloyd in 1884 and the couple had two sons. When the boys were children Wilde wrote fairy stories for them that were later published as "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" (1888).Oscar Wilde married Constance Lloyd Wilde was publicly accusedWilde was publicly accused by the Marquis of Queensberry. Wilde sued for libel but he lost his case and was then himself prosecuted and imprisoned. Fairy storiesHis books are read and his plays are staged in many countries and in many languages. Wilde was publicly accused This was followed two years later by the novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890) and a book on the role of the artist, "The Soul of Man under Socialism" (1891). However, it was a playwright that Wilde had his greatest success. Comedies such as "Lady Windermere's Fan" (1892), "A Woman of No Importance" (1893), "An Ideal Husband" (1895) and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895) made him one of Britain's most famous writers. By 1895 Wilde had left his wife.The novels and plays After being released from Reading Prison in 1897 Wilde moved to France.The following year he wrote "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" a poem inspired by his prison experience. Wilde's time in prison badly damaged his health and he died in 1900."The Ballad of Reading Gaol" The tomb of Oscar Wilde in Père Lachaise Cemetery Main article: Oscar Wilde bibliographyRavenna (1878)Poems (1881)The Happy Prince and Other Stories (1888, fairy stories)Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891, stories)House of Pomegranates (1891, fairy stories)Intentions (1891, essays and dialogues on aesthetics)The Picture of Dorian Gray (first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine July 1890, in book form in 1891; novel)The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891, political essay)Lady Windermere's Fan (1892, play)A Woman of No Importance (1893, play)An Ideal Husband (performed 1895, published 1898; play)The Importance of Being Earnest (performed 1895, published 1898; play)De Profundis (written 1897, published variously 1905, 1908, 1949, 1962; epistle)The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898, poem)Selected works https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Уайльд,ОскарИспользованные источники:http://www.alleng.ru/english/top_05.htmhttp://abc-english-grammar.com/1/sochinenia_po_angliiskomu_yaziku395.htm