Read about the novel’s controversy here.
From the syllabus:
October 26 — The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Oscar Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray, entire text. In bookstore.
How does the story represent imitation? What do you make of the idea that art imitates life/life imitates art? Can you make a connection between this story and Freud’s theory of the uncanny? What is the link between imitation and psychology in this text? Is there a warning here? If yes, what is it?
Other questions: Can you read the novel through other ideas about imitation we have addressed so far in the course?
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