The Genesis of Modern U.S.-American Drama: Lillian Hellman, by Eugen Andri

By Eugen Andri

Seminar paper from the yr 2012 within the topic American stories - Literature, grade: 2,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Anglistik / Amerikanistik), direction: Hauptseminar „Gender, Race and sophistication in sleek American Drama, language: English, summary: by way of this essay i'll discover the genesis of contemporary American
Drama.
This subject is sort of wide in scope, and that’s why i need to concentration my cognizance on
women authors who wrote approximately ladies and approximately their position within the society of that
time.
In the start of my essay i'm going to discover the position of girls within the society of the
USA at the start of the former century. i'll learn what made women
change.
In the subsequent a part of the essay i'm going to learn the contribution of ladies writers in the
literature of america at that time period and particularly the contribution of Lillian
Hellman at the foundation of her play “The Children´s Hour”. i'm attracted to themes and
issues that she takes into account in her play, and what truly Lillian
Hellman desired to in achieving by way of writing and staging it.
In the final a part of my essay i'm going to research the gender and sexuality represented in
“The little ones´ s Hour” via Lillian Hellman and, eventually, i'm going to current my notion about
the contribution of ladies writers and particularly the contribution of Lillian Hellman to
the genesis of the trendy American Drama.

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