Three tall womenby Eduard Albee: autobiography or criticism concerning the American society? / Three Tall Women, de Edward Albee: autobiografia ou crítica à sociedade norte-americana?
AUTOR(ES)
Lucimara Bauab Bochixio
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007
RESUMO
In the play Three Tall Women, the American playwright Edward Albee states that one of his characters is based on his adoptive mother. For this reason, American critics consider the play essentially an autobiography of its author. It is true that Edward Albee has used some elements of his life in his play, but Three Tall Women is not limited to that: Edward Albees autobiography is like a tool for the crushing criticism concerning some values supported by the American high-middle class. A great part of the American critics emphasizes the autobiography element concerning the play Three Tall Women, but definitely they do not mention the aspect of criticism about the American ideology in the play. In this way, this paper aims to identify and to analyze the elements of criticism concerning the American society found in the play Three Tall Women through the characters dialogues. Finally, this paper also aims to analyze the convergence between form and theme; the most adequate form, chosen by the author, for the presentation of such theme.
ASSUNTO(S)
american ideology ideologia norte-americana crítica teatral norte-americana theme forma form conteúdo american theatrical criticism autobiografia autobiography
