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Long Days Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill American Drama--- Overview Begins in the American colonies in the 17thC to the present.. Before the mid-18th century: --- little theatrical activity : 19th century --- British influence; --- melodrama (the most pervasive dramatic genre of 19th C; typically overflowing with emotion, set in mysterious locations, and peopled with stereotypical characters: heartless villains, heroines in distress, and strong heroes who faced almost insurmountable odds in rescuing those heroines.) American Drama--- Overview --- American drama was not born til the end of W.W I. late-19th-century and early 20th century --- psychological realism in European theater (Ibsen). --- American playwrights began to move in the direction of Ibsen. 1900s --- Realism: dominant trend of the 20th C American drama --- New levels of psychological realism (Ibsen); experimental devices of the expressionists (Strindberg) Three giants ------the best of Am. theatre in the 20thC Eugene O’Neill: America’s first dramatist of world stature; before him, Am. drama was considered of minor significance; revolutionized Am. theatre by inspiring other playwrights to write serious and challenging scripts for the stage. Tennessee Williams: most important dramatist after W.W.II. Arthur Miller: along with Tennessee Williams, led the postwar new drama Eugene ONeill America’s greatest playwright American Shakespeare 4 times Pulitzer Prize winner Nobel Prize (1936) Major Works Early Phase ★ Bound East for Cardiff (1916) 东航加迪夫 ★ In the Zone (1917)《在这一带》 ★ The Long Voyage Home (1917) 《漫长的返航》 ★ The Moon of the Caribbean (1918) 《加勒比的月亮》 Major Works Second Phase The Emperor Jones(1920) 《琼斯皇帝》 Anna Christie(1921)《安娜.克里斯蒂》 The Hairy Ape (1922)《毛猿》 Desire under the Elms (1924) 《榆树下的欲望》 Major Works Second Phase (2) Strange Interlude (192