論文摘要
奧斯卡•王爾德 (Oscar Wilde) 之《道林•格雷的畫像》(The Picture of Dorian Gray) 被批判為一本與作者詮釋唯美主義的作品《意向集》(Intentions)極不致的小說。這批判主要來自書中最後表達的道德教訓。然而，王爾德將自身一生奉獻於追求『美』的原則，他堅持捍衛他的唯美哲學也反映在他的作品以及人生思維上。筆者深信在此書中必有延續或相似對應唯美理念的意旨。因此，本文試圖證實此書與王爾德的《意向集》是有連貫性的。第一章主要是由提倡藝術為藝術此特性的擁護者如：高提爾(Théophile Gautier)，包德萊爾(Charles Baudelaire)，埃德加•愛倫•坡(Edgar Alan Poe)，詹姆斯•惠斯勒(James Abott Mcneill Whistler) 和阿爾傑農 •查爾斯•斯溫伯恩(Algernon Charles Swinburne )分析，然便理解 此 《意向集》 的基礎與王爾德的文產巨作、理念間的緊密關聯。而後，第二章將用王爾德的《意向集》框架詮釋《道林•格雷的畫像》，以霍華德(Basil Hallward )為創造道林畫像的藝術家,亨利 • 華頓勳爵 (Lord Henry Wotton )為創造道林•格雷 (Dorian Gray)人格的評 論家。筆者最終 證實 了，霍華德完全呼應王爾德派中藝術家的角色，而亨也符合評論家的角色。然而，在加入『腐朽』的肖像元素以及道林逝去的結局，筆者主張王爾德不僅最終肯定藝術位於評論之上也闡明他對美的主張即是剎那間的永恆。

Abstract
Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray has been criticized as being utterly inconsistent with his major theoretical work, Intentions, and other publications on Aestheticism, mainly for the moral lesson the novel teaches at the end. However, given Wilde's life-long devotion to the principle of Beauty, his consistency in defending his aesthetic philosophy in his writings and his attitude towards life, I believe that there must be a continuation or parallel of ideas also in the novel. In this study I intend to prove that the novel still shows many crucial themes taken up by Wilde in Intentions, such as the role of the artist and critic as well as the characteristics of Art and criticism. Therefore, I will analyze the signature traits of “art for art’s sake” with its major proponents—Théophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire, Edgar Alan Poe, James Abott Mcneill Whistler and Algernon Charles Swinburne—so as to understand the foundation of Intentions, Wilde’s heritage and the close association of ideas. Then, I will interpret The Picture of Dorian Gray within the framework of Wilde’s Intention by taking Basil as the creative artist of Dorian the Portrait, and Henry as the critic who produces his piece of criticism which I name Dorian the Man. In this study I will ultimately prove that Basil perfectly echoes the Wildean artist and Henry, the critic. Lastly, with the “corruption” element in the portrait and the death of Dorian, I also argue that Wilde not only affirm the supremacy of Art over criticism, but also elucidates his opinion on Beauty, which is the union of an eternal element with a transient one.

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