Vrančić, Marko.
(2017).
Ekonomija u suvremenoj američkoj drami.
Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of English Language and Literature.
[mentor Grgas, Stipe].
Abstract
This paper analyzes six plays by well-known American playwrights from the point of the
new economic criticism in order to show that American drama is a valuable literary treasure
which contains a lot of information about the American socio-economic developments. The
Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neil, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams reveal the deterioration of American
Dream after the Stock Market Crash of 1929, while the David Mamet’s plays American
Buffalo, Glengarry Glen Ross and Oleeana provide us with the USA in which the American
dream has been utterly destroyed under the neoliberal policies. The reading of these plays
from the perspective of the new economic criticism has revealed the long tradition of critical
attitude of American playwrights towards the USA and proved that American drama is a huge
cultural capital which provides a wealth of information about the American experience.
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