An analysis of the dramaturgical devices in Clothes for a Summer Hotel by Tennessee Williams
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dramaturgy, theatre, Tennessee Williams, social criticismAbstract
This article analyzed Tennessee Williams' Clothes for Summer Hotel – A Ghost Play, framing it as Pop Art dramaturgy. It explored the fragmentation of dialogues, actions, and the post-dramatic approach to time and space. It investigated these expressionist elements that reinforce its antirealistic character, challenging stigmas by portraying Zelda as a character transcending temporal reality, memory, and dream. Williams confronts dramatic narratives, providing an uncomfortable perspective to traditional standards of psychological realism associated with his work, offering an alternative interpretation.
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