Anti-Hellenism and Anti-Classicism in Oscar Wilde's Works. The Second Pole of a Paradoxical Mind.

Thanks to a powerful intellectual weapon, paradox, Oscar Wilde also discovers the dark side of both Classicism and Hellenism. An accurate analysis of his works from the point of view of the Classical Tradition shows an Oscar Wilde who is quite different from the usual Philhellenic one and, above all, from the Platonic one. The aim of this article is to approach a theme which has been hardly studied by classical philologists, that is, anti-classicism and anti-hellenism as an intellectual urge.

Oscar Wilde. De profundis: un juicio severo de Sófocles como poeta

O. Wilde considera que Jesucristo es un verdadero poeta y que Shelley y Sófocles le acompañan. Sin embargo, el resultado de esta equiparación es en realidad muy desfavorable para el gran trágico griego, el cual, precisamente como poeta, jamás podrá alcanzar las cotas de sublimidad y sufrimiento trágico real que Jesucristo representa. Según Wilde, Jesucristo es poeta y poema trágico, mientras que Sófocles es un simple poeta, certificando así la imposibilidad de la equiparación.

Oscar Wilde. De profundis: a severe judgement of Sophocles as a poet

O. Wilde considers that Christ ranks with the poets and Shelley and Sophocles are of his company. Nevertheless, the result of this comparison becomes unfavourable as far Sophocles is concerned, who, precisely as a poet can reach neither the sublimity nor the real tragic sufferance which Christ symbolises. According to Wilde, Christ is both a poet and a tragic poem, while Sophocles is merely a poet, thus being certified the impossibility of the above mentioned comparison.

Oscar Wilde. De profundis: un judici sever de Sòfocles com a poeta

O. Wilde considera que Jesucrist és un veritable poeta i que Shelley i Sòfocles l'acompanyen. Tanmateix, el resultat d'aquesta equiparació és en realitat molt desfavorable per al gran tràgic grec, el qual, precisament com a poeta, mai no podrà assolir les fites de sublimitat i sofrença tràgica real que Jesucrist representa. Segons Wilde, Jesucrist és poeta i poema tràgic, mentre que Sòfocles és un simple poeta, certificant així la impossibilitat de l'equiparació.

Oscar Wilde. 'Camma', una severa y hedónica corrección estética de la ética plutarquea

El objetivo de este artículo es presentar un análisis minucioso del poema « Camma » de O. Wilde en relación al referente griego: la Camma del Amatorius (Erótico) y del Mulierum Virtutes de Plutarco. Es precisamente esta lectura la que permite comprobar cómo la severa y rígida ética plutarquea es corregida desde el hedonismo del esteticismo que O. Wilde profesa, convirtiendo así a Camma en un símbolo del placer de vivir

Oscar Wilde. 'Camma', a severe and hedonic aesthetic correction of Plutarch's ethics

The aim of this article is to present an accurate analysis of O. Wilde's poem 'Camma' by referring it to its Greek model: that Camma both in Plutarch's Amatorius (Eroticus) and Mulierum Virtutes. It is precisely this accurate reading which permits us to verify how Plutarch's Ethics is corrected from the parameters of the hedonism which is peculiar to O. Wilde's aestheticism, thus turning Camma into a symbol of a pleasant life.