Author Biography Worksheet
Answer the following questions on this paper. Be sure to answer all parts of every question.
1.Author name
Oscar Wilde
2.Place of birth
Dublin, Ireland
3.Date of birth
16 October, 1854
4.Date of death (if applicable)
30 November, 1900
5.Place of death (if applicable)
Paris, France
6.Burial location (if mentioned)
Paris, France, Europe
7.Interesting facts about this author’s childhood (parents, siblings, people that influenced them, interests, etc.)
1.Wilde's parents were successful Anglo-Irish Dublin intellectuals.
2. His father was a doctor (eye-ear), a philanthropist, and his mother was a poet and writer.
3. He was the second child in the family.
4.He liked plants and Greek Literature.
5.He …show more content…
What made you choose to focus on these five items? How do these aspects of the author’s life help you understand their writing?
1.Wilde Oscar Wilde was an advocate and practitioner of aestheticism. It explains why Wilde always criticized the material and shallow society at that time, and he advocated the beauty should be found in the life and enjoyed by everyone.
2.Oscar Wilde hated the philistine philosophy and false morals of British social, so he used the "beauty" of art to against the "ugly" in reality.
3.After Wilde followed Decadence, he believed that art was independent to life and its own value. He was against the utility of art, and he thought art should be free from the moral constraints, and so did the artists.
4.Wilde had the innovation of traditional poetry. It explains why he expressed the passion of prisoners, moral decay, and the cruelty of the prison system in his poems.
5.Wilde’s humorous style of language was reflected from his distinct use of paradox. It helps audience to think deeply of his language and to understand the complicated internal contradictions of the characters and his own philosophy of his
Answer the following questions on this paper. Be sure to answer all parts of every question.
1.Author name
Oscar Wilde
2.Place of birth
Dublin, Ireland
3.Date of birth
16 October, 1854
4.Date of death (if applicable)
30 November, 1900
5.Place of death (if applicable)
Paris, France
6.Burial location (if mentioned)
Paris, France, Europe
7.Interesting facts about this author’s childhood (parents, siblings, people that influenced them, interests, etc.)
1.Wilde's parents were successful Anglo-Irish Dublin intellectuals.
2. His father was a doctor (eye-ear), a philanthropist, and his mother was a poet and writer.
3. He was the second child in the family.
4.He liked plants and Greek Literature.
5.He …show more content…
What made you choose to focus on these five items? How do these aspects of the author’s life help you understand their writing?
1.Wilde Oscar Wilde was an advocate and practitioner of aestheticism. It explains why Wilde always criticized the material and shallow society at that time, and he advocated the beauty should be found in the life and enjoyed by everyone.
2.Oscar Wilde hated the philistine philosophy and false morals of British social, so he used the "beauty" of art to against the "ugly" in reality.
3.After Wilde followed Decadence, he believed that art was independent to life and its own value. He was against the utility of art, and he thought art should be free from the moral constraints, and so did the artists.
4.Wilde had the innovation of traditional poetry. It explains why he expressed the passion of prisoners, moral decay, and the cruelty of the prison system in his poems.
5.Wilde’s humorous style of language was reflected from his distinct use of paradox. It helps audience to think deeply of his language and to understand the complicated internal contradictions of the characters and his own philosophy of his