酷儿理论是上世纪八十年代在美国形成的文化理论,社会性别角色、性取向、性别认同等问题是这一理论的主要研究对象。酷儿理论认为人的性别角色是由社会身份所决定而非生理身份,常用解构主义的手法来研究性别认同、社会常规、权力形式等议题,从而拓展了文化文学等领域的发展空间。近年来,酷儿理论逐渐被运用到文学研究中,而成为一种后现代的文学理论。描写同性恋情的文学作品通常是酷儿理论的研究对象,而奥斯卡·王尔德的小说《道林·格雷的画像》不仅仅是唯美主义的著名作品,也因为作者本人的同性恋经历而成为了同性恋文学的重要作品,王尔德本人也因为其我行我素、放荡不羁的作风,而被视为最早的酷儿主义者。 Queer theory is a cultural theory formed in the United States in the 1980s. Gender problems, sexual orientation, gender identity and other issues are the main research objects of this theory. Queer theory holds that the gender role of man is determined by the social identity rather than the physiological identity, and is often deconstructed to study issues such as gender identity, social conventions, and power forms, thus expanding the space for development in the fields of cultural and literary studies. In recent years, queer theory has been gradually applied to the study of literature, and became a kind of postmodern literary theory. The literary works that describe gays and lesbians are usually the object of study of Queer theory. Oscar Wilde’s novel “Portrait of Dorian Gray” is not only a famous piece of aestheticism, but also a homosexual literature because of his homosexuality Of the important works, Wilde himself because of its own way, bohemian style, and was regarded as the earliest Queer.