The Paradox Of Identity ; Oscar Wilde'S The Importance Of Being Earnest

Introduction I - The importance of being double The Doppelgänger Double identity Dandys and androgynies II - A serious play for trivial people The satire of the Victorian society The importance of resisting The authenticity of the artifice An Irish play III - Subverting the well-made play The parody of melodrama An Ideal comedy Inversion IV - The supremacy of art Style is the vital thing The theatrical mise en abyme Almighty fiction Intratext V - The open ending Back to order? Exorcism Being Ernest.At last! Conclusion