1.	Oscar Wilde a jeho Obraz Doriana Graye

1.1.	Dorian Gray – věčná inspirace díky tématu nesmrtelnosti; homosexualita, krása a umění

1.2.	Jaký je dnešní pohled na tato témata?

2.	Dorian versus Dorian

2.1.	Úvod do knihy Dorian od Willa Selfa

2.2.	Převtělení Doriana Graye

3.	Srovnání hlavních témat v obou knihách

3.1.	Homosexualita

3.2.	Krása a mládí

3.3.

Umění

4.	Jazyk a metody vyprávění – rozdílné a přesto tak stejné

4.1.	Pohled na témata ze zorného úhlu jazyka

4.1.1.

Oscar Wilde

4.1.2.

Will Self

4.2.	Napodobitel

"This paper is based on a famous novel by Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, first published in 1890 and tirelessly reappearing since then. Dorian Gray has become a great part of our consciousness. In fact, it would be no exaggeration to say that he has been living with us since he was created. The novel has inspired so many works of art that it simply can be neither ignored nor overlooked. There are several film versions, plays, musicals and even operas that stand on the novel and retell the story restlessly over again. Every time, however, the approach differs depending on how each creator sees the main tidings of the story. The imperishable main themes that are presented in the original can be found in each adaptation or imitation of the original story. Art, homosexuality and physical beauty embody the perpetual aspects of any period and therefore give Dorian his eternal immortality. They appear in each society and it only depends on the general public attitude towards them and consequently to what extent the themes can be discussed and depicted. The last two centuries, from the acceptance point of view, seem to be very open and unbiased and therefore give an excellent opportunity to explore all the themes into depths. The next pages will adumbrate how the themes in the story of Dorian Gray might be advanced nowadays.
An extraordinary example of the present-day Dorian is depicted in a well-known novel by a controversial contemporary writer, Will Self. In 2002, he created a modern Dorian Gray in his fiction Dorian. Self is known for his satirical and fantastic novels and short stories set in seemingly parallel universes. That is exactly what we find in Dorian as the main characters and themes are based exactly on those in the original book. Not only did the author keep their names exactly as they were but also the personalities of the characters remained the same. Basil Hallward is the same reclusive artist, Henry Wotton the champion of sensual pleasure and Dorian the physically beautiful young man, naive and good-hearted until corrupted by vanity. However, there are indeed significant differences not only in the style of writing but in the approach itself. The main distinction is, of course, in the setting of the whole story. Self saw the original novel as the springboard for a new approach and, preserving the original story’s duration of 16 years, he sets his story of Dorian Gray in Britain of 1980s, a time when, according to Self, Britain was in the process of burning most of its remaining illusions. The story of Dorian Gray runs together with the events of Brixton riots in south London and is bounded by the defining moments of Princess Diana’s life and death. Self chose this era for another notable reason, “It was 16 years from the first stirring of the HIV/AIDS epidemic until the introduction of Haart (Highly active anti-retroviral therapy), which spelt the end of public perception of the disease as a threat in the west.” Dorian himself is infected by the virus and unlike his friends, Basil and Henry who caught the virus at the same party as Dorian, shows no marks of the disease. The most dominant feature of the original story, Basil’s painting, corresponds to the new period where it occurs. It becomes a modern video installation called Cathode Narcissus; a set of nine screens, each of them picturing Dorian from a different angle and together creating an exceptional whole."

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