Why is it that Oscar Wilde puts poisoning or murder on the same artistic pedestal as writing or painting? –MCR In what manner is Wainewright’s art affected by his dark past? -?Īre the critic and description of works of art somehow similar to prose poetry? What about the art of poisons? -RC Why is the biography of Wainewright, especially the discussion of his poisoning others, juxtaposed with his ideas about art and passages about art in this paper? -ER Why does Wilde choose to write about Wainewright given that his literature alone is not worth remembering? –LN On what grounds can art be defined and judged? -YG Why is the subtitle “Study in Green”? –IPNĪre Wilde’s appeals to “truth” in the essay meant to refer to an objective truth? -MP Why did Oscar Wilde choose to write about this particular man, Thomas Wainewright? -CAN How does one classify this essay? Is it biography? A form of creative nonfiction? How does Wainewright relate to Wilde? –KJO Here are the questions students came up with spontaneously, at the beginning of class: Please think of one or two excellent question(s) you think we should ask of this text today in order to investigate and discuss it as fully or deeply as possible. Today’s brainstorming is not about initial statements or opinions about the text we’ll be discussing, but instead about questions.
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