Around the turn of this century, breakthrough progresses have been made in the study of Oscar Wilde’s comedies。 The Irish identity of Oscar Wilde and his Homosexual orientation triggered a hot of study which based essentially on an angle of homosexuality。 Some researchers focused on dandy characters and homosexuality indication in Wilde’s comedies(Flanagan, 1991)。 As for the representative comedy of Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, many researchers interpret the homosexual orientation of this play, and regard it as a reflection of the double life experience of a gay man(Sandulescu, 1994:328)。来,自,优.尔:论;文*网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

Besides, there are also studies and works interpret Wilde’s comedies that basically based on colonialism。 For examples, Wilde’s plays: some lines of influence written by Richard Allen Gave(Raby, 2001:219) and Wilde on the Stage written by Joel Kaplan(Raby, 2001:249)。

Cultural criticism is another main school among the studies of Wilde’s plays。 Such as the essay, The Significance of Literature: “The Importance of Being Earnest” written by Joel Fineman, analyses Wilde’s plays in the way of cultural criticism, pointing out that Wilde’s comedies reflect the particular culture of serious humorous of British culture(Gagnier, 1991: 108)。 

Some feminist researchers regard the play, An Ideal Husband, as a work of man’s fight-back or self-defense against the coming wave of feminism in late 19th century(Gilbert, 1987)。