Dorian Gray (Work in Progress)

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

by

Oscar Wilde

Blok 3 & 4

• Novel will be on SE in June!
  
• 5 chapters a week 
• Assignment due every week in  Magister
  
• 4 Assignments Total (must do 3 out of 4)
  
• Mondeling on Theme in kwt according to schedule 
• Final essay - 450 words in Magister
  

Why The Picture of Dorian Gray?

• One of the most famous and well-known British novels
  
• Relevant themes to today’s world and for your age group
  
• Oscar Wilde’s only novel
  
• Scandalous (and who doesn’t love a little scandal?)

Victorian era (1837 - 1901)

The Victorian era was one of the most remarkable in British history; it saw The Industrial Revolution, the growth of major cities, the birth of the British Empire and huge advances in medicine, transport and education. It was also a time when harsh working conditions and desperate poverty blighted the lives of the majority of the people of the country.

Oscar Wilde

• Born October 16, 1854 in Dublin to famous surgeon
  
• Excellent student - studied classics and got scholarship to Oxford
  
• Won the highest honours upon graduation
  
• Married Constance Lloyd: wealthy daughter of Queen’s Counsel, had two sons, Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886)
  
• Known for exuberant personality, interior decorating skills, and social manner
  
• Member of the Aesthetic movement
  
• Acquired literary success in plays and poetry, some famous works include “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Salome,” “Ballad of Reading Gaol”
  
• Died in 1900 at age 46 due to poor health