“ STELLA ! ”AMERICAN DRAMA 1 TENNESSEE WILLIAMS – 1911-1983 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE – 1947American Drama- Naturalism and Variants- Family Plays- American Identity & the AmericanDreamTennessee Williams- Contemporary Anti-Heroes- Method Influence: Character Exploration- American Illusions vs. RealitiesAmerican Beliefs- SELF-DETERMINATION / FREEDOM- INDIVIDUALISM / PROGRESS- REINVENTION / RENEWAL REALITY vs. ROMANCEDON’T HANG BACKWITH THE BRUTES!POST-WORLD WAR II AMERICA –“Meat!” Thomas Hart Benton – “Poker Night” (1948)What’s in a Place ? TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ SOUTHAntebellum Myths – Moonlight & MagnoliasREASSERTING MASCULINITYREDEFINING FEMININITYFORCE OF ATTRACTION Human SexualityBATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS OLD | NEW SELF SOUTH AMERICABLANCHE STANLEYRomantic Modern CIVILITY VIRILITY CULTURE INSTINCT BEAUTY HONESTYKRISTEN STEWART performs The Dramatic Passions JOYKRISTEN STEWART performs The Dramatic Passions FEARKRISTEN STEWART performs The Dramatic PassionsANGER KRISTEN STEWART performsThe Dramatic Passions PITY KRISTEN STEWARTperforms The Dramatic Passions SCORNKRISTEN STEWART performs The Dramatic PassionsHATREDKRISTEN STEWART performs The Dramatic PassionsJEALOUSYKRISTEN STEWART performs The Dramatic PassionsWONDERKRISTEN STEWART performs The Dramatic Passions LOVEGOING METHOD: CHANNEL YOUR INNER STANLEYOFF THE CHAIN NOTABLE AVERAGE MEH STELL-O –METERAMERICAN DRAMA“TRAGEDY IS AMAN’S TOTALCOMPULSION TOEVALUATEHIMSELF JUSTLY.”--Arthur Miller,