Younes Poorghorbanali

Reframing Dorian: Homoeroticism, Aestheticism, and the Historical Adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray

This thesis examines the extensive adaptation history of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray from the early twentieth century to the present, focusing on how its foundational concerns—homosexuality, aestheticism, and the Faustian bargain—have been negotiated, suppressed, transformed, or foregrounded across changin...