A Comparative Study Of Zhang Ailing And Oscar Wilde On “the Sharp Characteristic ”

Zhang Ailing is a talented woman in Chinese literature, while Oscar Wilde is also a talented man in English literature. They all have experienced the ups and downs of lives, reading the prosperous and desolation in the world, that both of their artistic achievement and the experiences became a legend. Without buried by the developing world, their thoughts and wisdom still lasting with the pass of time. Their artistic work and personal temperament all present a distinctive characteristic on incisiveness which would be called as sharp here. This article will take "sharp" as the breakthrough point, and research in the face of their literature. It contains three parts on comparing the sharp characteristic between Zhang Ailing and Oscar Wilde.The first part gives an explanation and definition on sharp characteristic. The sharpness is a essential characteristic for irony to express its acidity as a kind of humor. Therefore, the sharp characteristic undertake the significance of humor on linguistics and aesthetics. For the identity of language and thought, the sharp characteristic transitioned from sharp language to cutting thought. Then it provides a perspective on researching Zhang Ailing and Oscar Wilde to compare that how does the language carry the thought.The second part focuses on the shape characteristic language expressed in Zhang Ailing and Oscar Wilde’s daily life and literature. It will analyze from their views on marriage and the thought to people and humanistic. They think in the language of sharpness, shift the truth from the false, brush the dust in history to uncover the hidden human self-consciousness. They would have restore the all the facts of life and the overall landscape of the world, which not only full of wisdom, and also throw their care for human destiny and responsibility on historical remodeling.The third part compares the direction of sharp characteristic between Zhang Ailing and Oscar Wilde from discussing living circumstances, the thought of existence and reason on historical. On the point of circumstances, it try to see the culture factor of sharp characteristic from the family and time, but these are only based on the macro view. The thought of existence points to the metaphysical consideration about the existence of person and person after scraping the surface of the superficial life. That is the self-examination and self-reflection on human’s spirit. Zhang Ailing’s contempt for the world make her to choose the mercy after the scenery, Oscar Wilde with the arrogance of the world make his resolute martyrdom. The part of the thought of history is mainly about the comparison of the outside world. Zhang Ailing’s "sharp" is to deconstruct the rigid ideology of writing, to restore the historical rational truth, Oscar Wilde‘s “sharp” is the business rational confrontation and resistance. They are the most sensitive nerve in the culture, carrying the fate of The Times, era because of their proud and shame.In the end, is a summary of this article. Research into the "sharp" is for the realization of the humorous language and humor aesthetic transition by "cutting" and set up a bridge of words and thoughts. This article mainly discusses the comparative studies of Zhang Ailing and Oscar Wilde’s "sharp", is the mirror to see the world through the two humanities’ language. Zhang Ailing and Oscar Wilde overlooking the wilde of the world by standing in the clouds, the disease, the world’s ills, makes the mutilated world are reproduced and makes the mutilated world as a whole. however, even if life in the gutter, some people still don’t forget to look up at the starry sky. They are the most sincere writers and thinkers, their denial is sincerity and love, to give life cycle and flow of history with the most sincere care and replacement.