美国文学史及选读AmericanDrama（67页）.pptxVIP

Chapter 19 American Drama American Literature Who are the three women writers we talked about in the last lecture? Name some of their famous works. Revision Questions to What Is Drama? Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. It is derived from a Greek word meaning action derived from o do . Play Overview The theater of the Depression (1930s) was not depressing. Like other branches of literatutrhe drama was preoccupied with social concerns. All throug he 1940s and the postwar period, new playwrights and new plays kept appearing. The early fiftiteosuch ed