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Year

1981

Text

Zuo, Yi. Tiannaxi Weiliansi de zao qi zuo pin. In : Dang dai wai guo wen xue ; issue 4 (1981). [Artikel über Tennessee Williams]. 田纳西•威廉斯的早期作品
In William's canon, almost no one won victory through struggle. Williams always sided with the weak characters and thought threir tragedy was caused by society, although they themselves had shortcomins. They were victims of the time. From Williams's point of view, the human being and the world were hostile to each other. The reason why men committed crimes was because the world itself was not perfect. When Williams exposed their sufferings using his sharp pen, to some extent he reflected the capitalist American society in which the middle and low class people were placed in situations which made them lonely and powerless. Actually, America was not a country in which every one had equal opportunities. It was a country in which the strongest existed and the weakest perished. Some of Williams's characters have made great efforts to improve their situations such as Jin in Glass menargerie and Chance in The lovely youth island, but finally their future was still dark and hopeless. Williams's plays have stirred the great responses of the Chinese people.

Mentioned People (2)

Williams, Tennessee  (Columbus, Mississippi 1911-1983 New York, N.Y.) : Schriftsteller, Dramatiker

Zuo, Yi  (um 1981) : Professor

Subjects

Literature : Occident : United States of America

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1990-1991 Kolin, Philip C. ; Shao, Sherry. The first production of A streetcar named desire in Mainland China. In : The Tennessee Williams literary journal ; vol. 2, no 1 (1990-91). Publication / Kol2
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)
  • Person: Kolin, Philip C.
  • Person: Williams, Tennessee