The Picture of Dorian Gray: Context & Writers Techniques (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Oscar Wilde's birthplace
Oscar Wilde's birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Year Wilde was imprisoned
Year Wilde was imprisoned
1895
Literary movement Wilde was involved in
Literary movement Wilde was involved in
Aestheticism
Years Dorian Gray was written
Years Dorian Gray was written
1889-1890
Magazine that first published Dorian Gray
Magazine that first published Dorian Gray
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
Three parts of novel's structure
Three parts of novel's structure
Innocence, corruption, downfall
Type of narrator in Dorian Gray
Type of narrator in Dorian Gray
Omniscient narrator
What the portrait symbolises
What the portrait symbolises
Dorian's inner self/corruption
What the yellow book symbolises
What the yellow book symbolises
Corrupting influence of decadent literature
What flowers symbolise in the novel
What flowers symbolise in the novel
Beauty & transient nature of life