Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: In this essay, taking one of Oscar Wilde’s plays “The Importance of Being Earnest” as the research object, the perspective of discourse analysis will be employed. The aim is to discuss and analyze how dandyism is embodied in the characters’ language and actions that engraved in diverse characters in “The Importance of Being Earnest”. Besides, the pragmatic use of elaborate politeness that facilitates to demonstrate and critique Victorian dandyism and social conventions will be presented.
Author: <p>Li Li</p>
Institution: Hexi University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4382581815