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1st ed.

Cambridge : Cambridge University, 2000

128 s.

ISBN 0-521-65591-9 (brož.)

Cambridge contexts in literature

Obsahuje úvod, slovníček pojmů, chronologii, rejstřík

Bibliografie: s. 117-120

Drama americké - dějiny - stol. 20. - pojednání

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Introduction 7 // 1 A survey of 20th century American dramatists 10 // 1915-41: the first authentic voices in the American theatre 11 // The historical, social and cultural context 11 // Eugene O’Neill 13 // Elmer Rice 16 // Maxwell Anderson 18 // Clifford Odets 19 // Thornton Wilder 21 // Lillian Hellman 22 // William Saroyan 24 // Other dramatists and plays 24 // Assignments 25 // 1941-60: drama of turmoil and uncertainty 27 // The historical, social and cultural context 27 // Arthur Miller 29 // Tennessee Williams 33 // Other dramatists and plays 36 // Assignments 37 // 1960-90: fragmented drama in a fragmented society 39 // The historical, social and cultural context 39 // Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams 41 // Edward Albee 42 // Sam Shepard 44 // David Mamet 46 // Other dramatists and plays 48 // Assignments 49 // 2 Approaching the texts 51 // Drama as text 51 // The language of drama 51 // ’Characters’ 52 // Theatrical language 53 // Sub-text 54 // ’Privileging the dramatist’ 55 // Theatrical genres 56 // Realism, naturalism and expressionism 57 // The alienation effect 58 // 3 Play extracts 59 // Eugene O’Neill The Hairy Ape 59 // Elmer Rice The Adding Machine 61 // Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur The Front Page 63 // Maxwell Anderson Winterset 65 // Clifford Odets Waiting for Lefty 67 // Lillian Hellman The Little Foxes 70 // William Saroyan The Time of Your Life 72 // Eugene O’Neill The Iceman Cometh 74 // Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire 76 // Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman 78 // Arthur Miller The Crucible 81 // Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding 84 // James Baldwin Blues for Mister Charlie 86 // Edward Albee The American Dream 88 // Arthur Kopit Indians 91 // Sam Shepard Buried Child 93 // David Mamet American Buffalo 95 // 4 Critical approaches to 20th century American drama 98 // 1915-41: the plays of O’Neill, Odets and others 98 // 1941-60: the plays of Miller, Williams and others 103 // 1960-90: the plays of Albee, Shepard, Mamet and others 105 // Gender, racial and class perspectives 108 // Bibliography of critical opinions 109 // 5 How to write about 20th century American drama 110 // Writing about theme 110 // Writing about the ’characters’ 110 // Drama in historical, social and cultural context 111 // Using quotations and textual references 112 // Interpreting plays and using critical sources 113 // Assignments 114 // 6 Reading list and other resources 117 // Glossary of critical terms 121 // Chronology 124 // Index 126