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Investigating the Concepts Dandyism and Bunburyism in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

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  • Nadia Ali Akbar

    (University of Babylon, College of Basic Education, Iraq)

  • Rawaa Jawad Kadhim

    (University of Babylon, College of Basic Education, Iraq)

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By the end of the eighteenth century, England witnessed a great event, that is, the French revolution, but what is more important is the British revolution which was the revolution of ideas. The Victorian age is an age of ideas, strictness, developments, depression, aristocracy, doubt, taboo, morals, and many other conventions. These changes are detected in great literary activities, discoveries in science, history, religion, politics, customs, and many other fields. Between the 30's and the 40s, many voices were heard through different kinds of art, showing the bad conditions of the working class. The major figure of the Victorian age is Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900). He is the first to introduce problem plays, which deal with the problems of the age. His social comedies were not to solve social problems but to deliver his ideas about the vanity of his age.

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  • Nadia Ali Akbar & Rawaa Jawad Kadhim, 2022. "Investigating the Concepts Dandyism and Bunburyism in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest," International Journal of Literature Studies, Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development, vol. 2(2), pages 09-19, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:alk:ijls00:v:2:y:2022:i:2:id:3920
    DOI: 10.32996/ijts.2022.2.2.2
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