American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1637 short lesson, about 20 seconds
*A Streetcar Named Desire*
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The idea
Williams followed his first success with A Streetcar Named Desire in nineteen forty-seven, and the witness calls it one of his most enduring plays. His style is named poetic realism or poetic expressionism, and his stage directions call for a mood rather than a physical setting.
In practice
Stage directions that ask for a mood.
Where people slip
Music and lighting work as symbols in his plays.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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