Name: Mantu Andrei

TITLE OF BA THESIS: OSCAR WILDE AND AESTHETICISM

SELF-ASSESSMENT
1. Overall description of BA
Thesis (subject, topic, aim, research
methods, (expected) results,
findings, acknowledgements etc.).
The main aim of m !" paper is to reveal Oscar #ilde contribution to the development of
!ritish aestheticism and the wa the main principles and doctrines of these movement are
reflected both in explicit and deductible formulae not onl in he$s theoretical studies but also in
the writer$s fictional works. The final result was to prove that #ilde$s contribution in this respect
was one of the most visible as compared to the other representatives of the movement.
%. (&e)sources used for our
research.
'ouglas !urnham, ed. "esthetics, (mmanuel )ant, 1 *eb %++1,#eb, 11 *eb. %+1,
'ouglas !urnham, ed. -edieval Theories of "esthetics, .lotin, 1 *eb %++1,#eb,1, /an., %+1,
01linescu, -atei, 0inci fe e ale modernit1 ii, .olirom2 %++3, 4d. a (((5a, rev16ut1 i ad1ugit1,
.rint
'orment, &ichard, The 0ult of !eaut2 the "esthetic -ovement 178+519++, :;", <ondon, The
Telegraph, &ichard 'orment, 11 "pr %+11, #eb, %% 'ec. %+1,
-arshall, /ohn =., "rt and "esthetic in "ristotle, #ile, % 'ec %++>, #eb, 1, 'ec. %+1>
.alaces of "rt2 #histler and the "rt #orlds of "estheticism, -eer "uditorium, *reer ?aller of
"rt, #ashington, '.0., Thursda and *rida, October %@A%7, %+11, #eb, 13 'ec. %+1,
=tanford 4ncclopedia of .hilosoph, .lato on &hetoric and .oetr, -on 'ec %%, %++>, #eb, %@
/an. %+1,
=tanford 4ncclopedia of .hilosoph, =chopenhauerBs "esthetics, #ed -a 9, %+1%, #eb, 1%
'ec %+1>
>. 'id ou enjo working on our
thesisC #hC
( enjoed working on m thesis because first of all ( admire the writer, his complex personalit
and out of common originalit which visibl marked his age not onl through the shaping of
aestheticism, but also through his entire attitude which was that of an artist who remained a
smbol and a bewildering creator of art.
,. #hat was the most difficult part
of the researchD reading stageC (i.e.
choosing a topic, planning, taking
notes etc.) 4xplain.
The most difficult stage in the researchDreading was, in m opinion, planning the topic.
3. #hat was the most difficult part
of the writing stageC (i.e. finding
examples or arguments, introducing
Euotations, paraphrasing etc.) *ind
explanations..
?enerall speaking, the most difficult parts of an academic writing are the introduction and
final conclusion, but, at the same time, the major corpus of the paper was not so eas to cope
with.
8. #hat will the highlights of our
thesis defense beC
- thesis had in view to reveal all the aspects regarding Oscar #ilde creation and life because (
considered to be of importance to write about the portrait of the artist and the man and the most
relevant stages in his formation as a writer2 famil backround, the ears in Oxford, the "merican
Tour, the publishing of the uniEue novel and last but not least he$s dramatic decline5the ears in
prison and after.
Name: Mantu Andrei
END OF TERM OVERALL ASSESSMENT
Over the semester, ou had access to a range of theoretical and practical materials and participated in follow5up discussions. Fas our
attitude towards academic and research writing changed in an waC Fow did this course facilitate the changeC 4xplain in about 3++
words.
(t goes without saing that an course in the curricula is useful for the student who attends it and conseEuentl imprints a good and
substantial amount of knowledge which, sooner or later in the future will prove to be a great help. The course on how to write and conceive
a !" paper, in m opinion is even of more importance. The main reason comes from the fact that an average student during facult hasn$t
so often the chance to write an academic paper. -oreover, he might not be endowed with those particular skills in accomplishing such task.
That is wh ( find that the present course taught me a lot in man respects.
- paper was an approach on literature and ( consider that in this domain things complicate as compared to a grammar or methodolog
work. The first difficult comes from the main trap the students might fall into A and here ( mean that one could easil write a personal
essa comprising opinions on the topic which is totall inadeEuate, since academic writing has strict rules that have to be obeed so that
the paper should finall look like a piece of literar criticism and not a bunch of personal opinions.
"nother ver important problem is how to cope with the huge amount of i!i"#ra$h% at hand in the field, in order to choose the most
representative and valuable titles. *urthermore, the ver wa of writing down the references at the end of the paper is of utmost importance.
"t the same time, having passed through all these stages another central idea refers to how to arrange the material so that the final result
should look logic and demonstrate the ideas and concepts the student had initiall in mind. 'uring the course ( learned the basic rules for
writing and tping an academic paper, such as the paper format and the !" presentation rules.
"n important and sensitive aspect is the problem of $!a#iarism, i.e. the student should pa attention to the wa he uses Euotes from the
bibliograph and render them as such. =ince man people are tempted to use somebod else$s words as theirs and some of them do this
with no fear or remorse, an honest student should be ver careful in this respect.
<ast but not least, the aspect of the final form of the paper is again important and here ( mean that the conclusions of the paper have to be
written in such a manner that the one who writes them could easil understand the main aim of the paper.
(n conclusion, ( consider that all these aspects ( the contents, the introduction, the main development of ideas, the final conclusion and
bibliograph) bear eEuall importance. *inall, the paper should have all the Eualities of an academic stud coming as a result of academic
research.

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