从新批评的角度剖析《认真的重要性》的语言艺术

作者简介：杨永青，女，云南师范大学外国语学院助教，研究方向为现当代英美文学。

（yunnan normal university yunnan kunming 650504）

abstract：the importance of being earnest written in 1895，is oscar wildes most popular work，which is also one of the most famous comedies.this play jeers at victorian values，most of all，the idea of earnestness.wilde not only satirizes the hypocrisy of victorian virtue but also mocks its authentic representation.so the genre，especially the language in this work plays a very important role，and the author will discuss it from the perspective of new criticism in order to dig his master of language and the satire.

key words：the importance of being earnest，oscar wilde，new criticism，genre

中图分类号：k254 文献标识码：a 文章编号：1006-026x（2012）11-0000-01

ⅰ.introduction

oscar wilde（1854-1900），born in dublin，playwright，poet，essayist and wit，is now as famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and idioms as for his plays，poems and fiction.besides his plays，wilde also wrote some famous fictions，such as the