美国戏剧的历史较短,从殖民地时代起到19世纪初,戏剧在成就上远逊于同时期的散文、诗歌和小说。直到20世纪初,才渐趋成熟,在两次世界大战之间赶上了世界水平而进入黄金时代。目前国内学界对20世纪美国戏剧的研究多是趋于零散的研究,整体观照少,作品介绍多,深入评析少,对近30年美国戏剧的发展缺乏全面把握.因此,还需要对20世纪美国戏剧文学作品做进一步的研究及探索。 American theater has a short history. From the colonial era to the beginning of the 19th century, drama was far less successful than contemporary prose, poetry and novels. It was not until the early 20th century that it gradually matured and entered the golden age by catching up with the world level between the two world wars. At present, there are many researches on the American drama in the 20th century in the domestic academia. Most of the researches on the American drama in the 20th century are less fragmented, less introduction, more in-depth reviews and less comprehensive grasp of the development of the American drama in the past 30 years.Therefore, Dramatic Literature Works for Further Research and Exploration.